Indignation. Consternation. In this nation it is so easy to get lost in our daily lives. It is so easy to be lost in selfish pursuit. How many nations in this world are having problems tantamount to human rights violations? How many nations carry on with tendency towards genocide or overt political corruption? I read every other day about problems that exist in other countries. I read about problems that incense me to no end. I want to get up out of my executive thatched high-back chair, put down my Peet's Cafe Americano, and quit my life of being an American Lemming. I am a 2-dimensional American. I am the building block to continued isolationist behaviors. How easy it is for me to plan out my life and rely on the stability that I take for granted. I am Jack's ranting hypocrisy.
Maybe some day I will look left or right and see that there is more to this 2-dimensional life. But for now, I am going to continue putting money into my 401k and continue forgetting about Burma, Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Chechnya, Tibet, Belarus, China, Cote d'Ivoire, Equitorial Guinea, Eritrea, Laos, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Zimbabwe, Timor-Leste, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Yemen, Burundi, Afghanistan, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Madagascar, Zambia, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mozambique, the Central African Republic, Chad, Angola, Benin, Senegal, Iran, Nepal, Vietnam, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives, Tunisia, and of course we should not forget Oceania.
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