@domenicododaro I know. It's so sick that half of this country are exactly these people. Proves how sorely America needs to focus not on military spending but on education.
@blueberry1222 I do totally agree. Yet, I'm so confused because America still is America! And I'm unresolved whether the Nation is great "notwithstanding with" or "because of" its political system...
@domenicododaro I totally hear you. However, I fear that what is happening here is going to prove to be a complete hijacking of the system and we as Americans are too oblivious to notice until it will be too late.
We do not want riches. We want peace and love.
Red Cloud, Oglala Lakota Sioux (1822-1909)
In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations.
Iroquois Maxim (circa 1700-1800)
When all the trees have been cut down, when all the animals have been hunted, when all the waters are polluted, when all the air is unsafe to breathe, only then will you discover you cannot eat money.
Cree Prophecy
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.
Chief Seattle, Duwamish (1780-1866)
@jerome Sadly, our country does not listen to the wisdom of the Natives of this land. They never had, they never will. All those quotes are so poignant and so piercing.
“The Americans of the United States do not let their dogs hunt the Indians as do the Spaniards in Mexico, but at bottom it is the same pitiless feeling which here, as everywhere else, animates the European race. This world here belongs to us, they tell themselves every day: the Indian race is destined for final destruction which one cannot prevent and which it is not desirable to delay. Heaven has not made them to become civilized; it is necessary that they die. Besides I do not want to get mixed up in it. I will not do anything against them: I will limit myself to providing everything that will hasten their ruin. In time I will have their lands and will be innocent of their death.
Satisfied with his reasoning, the American goes to church where he hears the minister of the gospel repeat every day that all men are brothers, and that the Eternal Being who has made them all in like image, has given them all the duty to help one another.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville
@nochrisis It's our nation's worst legacy. Actually, all of Western man's history plays like that around the whole world. Why Western man thinks he is so damn entitled baffles the mind.
An interesting photo and a very interesting read in your comments. Can't imagine how - when so many see the problems so clearly- we got where we are - in a very scary mess. What is it that appealed to so many that put us where we are - it's hard to believe so many are so short sighted.
We do not want riches. We want peace and love.
Red Cloud, Oglala Lakota Sioux (1822-1909)
In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations.
Iroquois Maxim (circa 1700-1800)
When all the trees have been cut down, when all the animals have been hunted, when all the waters are polluted, when all the air is unsafe to breathe, only then will you discover you cannot eat money.
Cree Prophecy
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.
Chief Seattle, Duwamish (1780-1866)
Satisfied with his reasoning, the American goes to church where he hears the minister of the gospel repeat every day that all men are brothers, and that the Eternal Being who has made them all in like image, has given them all the duty to help one another.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville
They love haves and profits and from ``more`` they never got enough.