Why aren't we seeing any suicides on Wall Street?
by
Poncia
09/23/2008, 6:29 AM
It's not because the windows in modern skyscrapers don't open. It's because narcissism has evolved to the status of godliness and being above the law...or knowing someone or something that could get you out of the self-created trouble (really an unspoken code among the 'owners' of the country who bail each other out when found out).
For this, everyone is responsible. The American culture applauds selfhood to the absolute exclusion of any form of collectivity because Americans think they can and should, 'do it all on their own'. What utter nonsense. And when you see what people do with their sense of ‘individuality’, are you really impressed?
The same mentality that glorifies the celebrities on television in the evening (as opposed to reading a book), that still believe in the American Dream (rather than waking up to reality) and think that everything good that happens to them is because of their keen savvy decision making, and everything bad that happens to them is "OH, boohoo victimhood finger pointing". American has sat on it fat, very fat a** for a long time and is getting exactly what this type of complacency deserves.
Complacency is the reason no one's jumping, not the complacency of the ‘owners’, but rather the complacent silence has made the really keen savvy money movers change the rules while the average person who believe is a "We the people" illusion have been zapping away at what the latest bimbo is doing in the entertainment world. There you go...now go clean it up on your own. You can do it! You can do anything! You’re American!