I may not think highly of the United States, but one positive aspect with the American way of life has been how highly they value individuality. It is every man's choice what he decides to do with his life, and the government should intervene as little as possible in one's affairs.
This comes at a certain price, of course. Nothing scares them more than the C or the S word (communism and socialism of course). Wars have been fought simply because of their fear of the spread of communism.
But today, do we see a shift? After the financial collapse, is capitalism dead? Maybe what is needed now when capitalism is dead is unity?
So in steps the charming Obama to promote unity and his youth corps. I find it disturbing that young Americans are being manipulated into joining youth corps when there is still no clear answer as to why they exist. Everybody seems to be yelling "Yes, we can". Maybe they should be asking instead, "exactly what is that that we are expected to do? And why?" When one becomes a follower, there is no saying how far one may go for one's leader.
The young are the future, and what I would wish to see are critical thinkers, not followers of a meaningless motto.
This comes at a certain price, of course. Nothing scares them more than the C or the S word (communism and socialism of course). Wars have been fought simply because of their fear of the spread of communism.
But today, do we see a shift? After the financial collapse, is capitalism dead? Maybe what is needed now when capitalism is dead is unity?
So in steps the charming Obama to promote unity and his youth corps. I find it disturbing that young Americans are being manipulated into joining youth corps when there is still no clear answer as to why they exist. Everybody seems to be yelling "Yes, we can". Maybe they should be asking instead, "exactly what is that that we are expected to do? And why?" When one becomes a follower, there is no saying how far one may go for one's leader.
The young are the future, and what I would wish to see are critical thinkers, not followers of a meaningless motto.
This is an article about scouts being trained to fight terrorism:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/us/14explorers.html
And here is a video comparing Obama's youth corps to The Third wave experiment:
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