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Originally posted by seagull
reply to post by Fractured.Facade
Really?
...and this profound observation mean exactly what, pray tell?
America is, and always shall be, what you make of it. Opportunities abound if you care enough to look for them. Don't tell me there aren't any, I see small business' springing up on a regular basis... I see people going off to school, and learning new trades. I'm going to be doing that very thing this fall.
Land of the slaves? Only if that's what you want to be... As I said, it's what you make of it.
Originally posted by GreenFurnNW
reply to post by nuttin4U
I'm a licensed electrician, I'm actually a very important person in my community...
Originally posted by seagull
reply to post by Fractured.Facade
Yep, that's happening all around us. Too true. Did you think I'd deny something so obvious? Not so oblivion bound as all that, thank you.
I also see entrepreneurs springing up all over the place. This very website being an obvious example. Small bookstores, and boutiques... Clothing stores... Mom and Pop business' of all sorts, shapes, and sizes. ...and, of course, the American farmer, who is, stories to the contrary, still alive and producing the foods that help feed the world.
America is opportunity. Naturally enough, there's a dark side to that, it's also a land where those dreams can be shattered by an illtimed decision or occurance. But that happens in life no matter what you're doing. Most dreams don't reach fruition, but the opportunity is there. That's all America is about. Opportunity. The rest is up to us...success or failure.
As long as those people still dream, and work towards that dream, America is still that beacon that so many die to reach, because like calls to like.