Homeland Security

I recently looked at a map of the world and it reminded me of why the United States of America is a super power. We are not to be taken lightly on a wordly scale, we will kill you. Now that being said, I have come to a new conclusion about a problem I have been having with the way our economy has been working. We are New-Rome. I am obviously not the first to have said this, but I think I am taking this from a different angle.

Our economic system is ridiculous. Without getting into intimate detail I will say that our economic system is ridiculous because we base a lot of it on China and other foreign countries. We ask China to do the grunt work for nothing money, as we stand by not thinking twice consuming their goods. Every American is guilty of this. Therefore my big conclusion is not that our economy is ridiculous and unsustainable or that we are New-Rome due for a collapse, but that Americans are bad people. At least on the East Coast. I feel guilty buying things at great low prices knowing that money is really funding corporations that are funding Chinese factories when that money could be helping people here.

Now I am not going skitzoid, I love my country, fuck you I am American through and through, but I can't help to feel just a little curious about how long all of this will last. I don't mean recession wise, I mean how the US is untouched by major disaster and problems in comparison to other countries. I am not going to feel bad for being successful and doing whatever I need to be well off, but I feel that our country is full of people who just want to self-indulge. Again, at least on the east coast.

I love going to Aventura mall, not to shop, but to watch the show. The show of all of these gaudy, flaunty and selfish people parading around with shopping bags as if it is some sort of competition as to who can be the most show-offy. I don't like or really trust people at first glance who dress like boat riding assholes.