Not Listening

There are too many things that no one discusses with an intent to change or even accept on a level where change can occur to really even begin to feel like I can create a comprehensive list.

• class wars
• rugged individualism
• dependence on foreign oil
• isolationism
• tendency to invade other nations

Indeed, it is that culture it so prevelant and perpetuated without being acknowledged that makes it so sneaky...and the parts we do acknowledge, we still do not articulate the mechnanisms in which they work.

WHY is it, exactly, that...as G.W. Bush would put it, we are a nation of abundance and accustomed to abundance? He could probably say this with a back drop of the Dorthea Lange photos of the dustbowl mother in the background and people would still nod their heads and say, "Yes, abundance...it's who we are, we waste resources...damn right I drive an SUV and demand less taxes and don't get involved in politics."

So there it is...I am not listening.