Not literally had a chip in their brain that turns them into a zombie. Hard to clarify this.... Basically I mean do you think maybe not the majority, but a good chunk Americans these days are basackwards??
Do you think Americans have been taught to be too tolerant or peace loving?
Or do you think The majority of people are just right where they ought to be?
I'd love to know what you think.
2006-07-13 12:33:16 · 6 answers · asked by Z 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Of course! You are using the term "brainwashing" when you really mean "conditioning"...all humans are conditioned into various states of being, influenced by our own experiences,family, friends, and society.
When it comes to society, the media is our biggest influence. There is no question that the media and government have a specific agenda for the way they want Americans to be: materialistic, dependant on prescription medication, lazy and superficial.
I don't think we've been taught to be TOO tolerant or peaceloving, in fact the opposite. America has a rep right now for being ignorant and warmongering.
Our priorities as a nation need to change drastically to improve our society. We need to become more aware of our health through what we eat and how active we are, we need to get involved in the government and speak out for what we want, and put research towards different sources of energy.
Apathy is the enemy! We need to be more aware of our lives as they pass right in front of us.
2006-07-13 12:43:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they are. If it was not so, then why do they think that they know everything better? They are not Slavs, they are not Arabs, they are not Jews… yet they think that they can come to the Balkans, Iraq, Middle East, Mediteranean and teach people there to live in “love and peace” by bombing them, killing them, raping them physically and mentally. You need to FEEL love and peace; saying those words is not enough. Americans come to all those countries without knowing how to find them on the map of the world! God! They destroyed tens of thousands of years of the world’s history and culture in Iraq with a few bombs! That ignorant Rednecks… Brainwashed. Thoroughly.
2006-07-13 20:14:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brainwashed - YESSSSSS. Why does George Bush like war so much, to help the economy, gas or just control? Your question of Americans been taught to be too tolerant of peace loving, complete opposite. If so why aren't your armies peacekeepers. Anyways we love you.
2006-07-13 19:45:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where is this majority being peace loving at?? I don't see it that way I see too many mean-spirited self absorbed jerks
2006-07-13 19:38:28 · answer #4 · answered by Kookie M 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that too many people do not take the time or effort to think for themselves. They have become lazy sheep waiting to be told what to think.
2006-07-13 19:51:14 · answer #5 · answered by quikzip7 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No more than people in other countries and probably less than some of the more restrictive countries.
2006-07-13 19:38:00 · answer #6 · answered by karen wonderful 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋