Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "" video.

  1. The flag waving, patriotism and conditioning when pushed onto the people on a constant basis and especially at a young age is actually something that's common in dictatorships like Russia, China and heck, even Nazi Germany in the past. Now clearly the US isn't a dictatorship, but it's not as free of a country or as good of a country as Americans want to think. The question Americans should ask themselves, why does the system need to constantly bombard the American people with patriotism and flag waving? Simply, by doing that, you make sure the people don't question the system as much, you also make it where people feel guilty for even saying bad things about the US, kinda like being Un-American. It's designed to create ignorant people that don't question the system, to think they are the best so there's less reason to push to make things better, and basically, it's designed so that the government and corporations can exploit the American people for their own ends, and they've become really good at it, and probably explains why the US has such weak standards as well as low standards in so many areas, as well as weak safety net. If the average Americans realised the high quality of life in EU countries and all the benefits the citizens get from social programs, it would probably allow big changes in the US, unfortunately for Americans, the system wants to keep them ignorant so they don't demand those changes, and even if momentum builds up to push for change, Americans are going to have one hell of a fight against the government and corporations that will fight tooth and nail to block those changes, and the real damning thing about all this, Americans have given corporations too much power, whiles at the same time, weaken the US government to keep corporations in line, the irony is, that Blade Runner like future where corporations rule, that's a very American thing, and the US is quickly racing ahead on that one, which is kinda like throwing democracy away and having many big corporations that act like dictators, and from an outside view, it's easy to see, but clearly most Americans don't see how it's going, but to be fair, the Germans didn't see the Nazis coming until it was too late and hit them on the nose, and you have to wonder, how far are Americans going to let corporations take over before doing something about it, maybe the A.I. and robotic revolution that's on its way over the coming decades will be the major wake-up call, as that could consolidate far more power into fewer hands, mostly corporations and the government, at the expense of the average American person. Also, I'm 44, I live in the UK and I've never seen a homeless person in my life, but I do know they exist, stats show that, but I suspect they are more down south in places like London, and the irony is about that, the UK by European standards doesn't fair that well when it comes to homelessness, many of the stats show that most European countries in the EU have lower homeless rates then the UK.
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