Declaring a State Religion

[TaraJo]

I have no sound driver on this computer so I can't remember or review the vid to help me remember if it was in it or not, but there was a quote from John Steinbeck: “Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”

I like that statement, but I think it goes a little deeper.

The American people are easily manipulated by the media and the people who control the media benefit from keeping things how they are. It results in a lot of people thinking Paris Hilton's tax break is more important than their social security. It results in people voting against their own economic self interest with what should be minor issues like same sex marriage, abortion or prayer in school.

I can't help but think, if we ever bothered to reform our media, that would fix a lot of the problems we have in Washington.