Have We Become A Nation Of Lemmings?
By Thomas D. Segel
February 17, 2009
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If you argue with this observation, think about what you hear or read in American news reports compared to what is said in Great Britain or Japan. Those countries, with a critical and adversarial media, are much stronger at holding their government's feet to the fire.
But, if you are the average American Lemming, you don't know what is taking place in other countries and lack an international vision. Readership of news oriented articles is in steady decline. The American popular culture keeps its focus on the trivial, and only a sprinkling of our citizenry are informed on worldwide events. A full 70% of the American population never leaves the boundaries of the United States.
The propaganda and advertising moguls of our country also realize that the best appeals they can make are to our base desires. Thus, education is never promoted, as a primary objective young people should seek. Excellence is made to sound geeky. Competition is maligned. Satisfying personal wants or desires becomes a lifelong objective.
You think not? Perhaps you haven't heard we have one of the highest crime rates in the world. Doesn't that come from trying to satisfy desires? How about obesity? We have become Super Fat America. Is that not giving in to our wants and accepting them as needs?
In a nutshell, Lemmings refuse to think for themselves, like to be spoon-fed everything, refuse to strive for excellence, fail to search out the truth, deny they should be informed about the world they live in and are sure that Nanny Government will supply all their needs. Have we become a nation of Lemmings? You will need to search out the correct answer to that question.
But, as Edward R. Murrow once said, "The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer."
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