As a teenager, I am a sponge surrounded by a lot of liquid political views that I pay attention to. I don’t know how much I’m influenced by people other than my dad, but I’ll express how I truely feel about government in general.

First of all, politics are very corrupt as always because sometimes people are born into it without having to form a very high moral character. What happens (and I’m not saying all the time) is they find how to accept views that will get them into higher power. If they’re born into politics, it’s hard not to develop these views. It’s sad that so many people just naturally search for power under their fingers. It frightens me that some, if not most, of the people that control my country are power thirsty. I don’t understand it, so it’s hard to develop a full concept of it. All I can do is criticize it relative to my views.

My problem with democratic economic views is just that money should not be taken from us to help others that don’t have it. There’s not doubt in my mind that some have it harder than me. Harder than I will ever understand. The message we need to get out is not that the ones that have it harder than us need to be helped by the same institution that governs our country.

The most beneficial thing to our country would be to do studies on what activates moral, compassionate character in a person. It shouldn’t be a law to help people that are at the bottom financially. It should be a personal decision or more of a realization. People will not make any progress if they know that if they vote for a certain person, they have more of a chance of getting help by law. They need to know that there are plenty of people out there that are willing to help them. Non-governmental charities should be more common. It’s just a shame that such a small portion of people realize how important it is.

The second thing that needs to be done with this is studies on how to get people to realize that in America, even if you are born at the bottom, you have a much easier chance to make yourself than in any other country in the world. Studies should be done on how to get people to appreciate this, so that they find motivation. Teachers (especially and particularly English teachers) will tell you that there are huge problems today getting kids motivated to do work. I think if we study into it more, we can find how to easily activate that motivation… don’t push the rocket off of Earth… find a more efficient fuel.

Last night, I read about Einstein’s first impressions of America. Surprisingly, he found that we are far more compassionate than most countries. He found that people are more friendly on average here, when on the other hand, Europeans were usually cooped up in their studies and more inolved in personal pleasures (art, music, etc.). He also said the appreciation for visual arts and music here is far weaker than in Europe. He said, finally, and most importantly, America has an uncalculable influence on how the world will form together in the future. He said that World War I showed that “the destinies of all countries are closely interwoven” and that America’s attention is very limited towards great international problems. “The people of this country must realize that they have a great responsibility in the sphere of international politics. The part of passive spectator is unworthy of this country and is bound in the end to lead to disaster all round.”

Einstein was not American. He saw that our problem here is that most of us have that attitude you’ll see today that we have no business in the oversea affairs. We are very influential. We are the ones that developed nuclear weapons and now we’re worrying about whether or not Iran is developing them. This is our responsibility. We’re not taking over the world. Yes, there are some wackos in our government, but we can’t let that define the American. We can’t be passive about it because that warps an outsider’s view of America. That’s what causes the problems. The only people that want to make a difference are radical politicians and usually those views can be pretty unbalanced. Everyone else just goes along their jolly western life. We’re not taking over the world by spreading America… America is simply a name being taken over by the power hungry politicians. We are responsible for making sure that it’s understood that Spreading the American dream is letting all men be free.

We need to learn about U.S. history to remember why we’re here. Let’s not get ahead of our forefathers, guys. They were trying to spread this freedom. This organized peace that could be found almost nowhere. They started something that in their eyes couldn’t die. It is everlasting. Don’t let the crazies crawl ontop with their money, loud voices, and political heritage. It’s going to happen if nothing is done about it. That’s truely killing the American dream.

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