Is Americas greatest weakness the desire to buy things?

Answer 1

Yes, If we ever want to see real change in America we have got to wake up and realize the power to do so is in our own hands. The problem is getting everybody to see it for it to be effective enough to do some big damage. Just like Christmas for instance. They turned it into X-mas to sell us more junk and make us feel like if we don't buy it we are hurting our loved ones. Here's a novel idea, why don't we just exchange money and cut the corporations out of the deal.

Answer 2

Its not only the greatest weakness but also the reason why your officials can do whatever they want with their peoples.
Corporations have ansnares everybody with an economic system over the religious and political systems, which means that we are overwhelmed with systems and controls, which results in making us perfect followers and less conscious of the reality that surround us! Tomorrow, the world could disapeared and they could succeed to make us believes that the oil price will drop to 50cents!! So everybody will be happy!
You see the pattern? Well this is the pattern to destroy if you REALLY want to change things! Now, do you really want to change ALL that? I guess no... This thing has grow on us, and we got addicted, now we must pay the price!
Money has become the greatest drug of all time, and yet, we lived by it!!

Answer 3

I'd say people trying to buy things beyond their means is causing a weakness,but I certainly wouldn't call that the greatest weakness.

Answer 4

No. I think it has more to do with wanting to buy things NOW, and not being able to delay gratification.

I would say "impatience" is currently the greatest flaw, generally, in the American character. It diminishes us in so many ways. Patience leads to better education, better manners, better relations with people and nations, and makes us better people.

But patience isn't easy. It takes discipline and courage. And a little leadership wouldn't hurt, either.

Answer 5

America is a fascinating contradiction. It claims to be a Christian country, yet leads the world in violence and greed. We are so wrecklessly greedy that even Christianity itself has flipped the gospel 180 degrees and is now preaching the "prosperity gospel". We have the greatest wealth and technology, but can't agree to make health care available for everyone. People who claim to be Christian vote overwhelmingly for the party that prevents aid to the disenfranchised. People who are not Christians are derided as being overly compassionate. I throw my hands up. I've lost all faith in the entire process, and certainly all faith in the concept of organized "Christianity", which is nothing but a corrupt front of anti-intellectual brainwashed zealouts who have been whored out by the republican party.

Answer 6

That is not America's greatest weakness. That is America's greatest strength. It is definitely a good thing that people wish to improve their lives. It is also a good thing that America has not yet gone completely Socialist, unlike the wasteland that is called Europe (within 50 years, Europe will be overrun by Muslims due to leftists such as Socialists, left-"liberals," and Neo-"Conservatives" causing an underpopulation crisis; America can still be saved, however).

America's greatest weakness is our willingness to elect leftists into power. No country that desires prosperity should ever elect a left-liberal (Democratic Party) or a Neo-Conservative (Republican Party). Electing them is a sure-fire way to harm a country, as they will engage in genocidal wars against everybody whom they can (for example, the Clinton administration's wars in Bosnia, Somalia, and Kosovo, LBJ's Vietnam War, or the current Socialist-in-Chief's Iraq War), and they will work to expand the power of the government at home (gun control, "security" laws such as the Patriot Act, legalizing torture, restricting free speech etc.).

Unless we as a country learn to stop electing politicians who desire a massive government to enslave all of us that fights unprovoked aggressive wars against every country on the planet (such as Bill Clinton or George W. Bush), we will not fix our country. The only solution is to go back to our roots as a country. We need to once again recognize that the federal government is prohibited by the Constitution from doing anything which it is not expressly granted the power to do (see the 10th Amendment). We need to recognize that the "Commerce Clause" does not grant the federal government power to regulate anything that might possibly affect interstate commerce, but only grants them the power to regulate interstate commerce to prevent any state from putting a tariff on imports from any other state. We need to recognize that the "Elastic Clause" grants the federal government no new power. We need to recognize that nullification and secession are constitutional. Furthermore, we need to recognize that the 1st Amendment says that the Freedom of Speech shall not be abridged, nor may the Freedom of the Press be abridged (this makes all censorship laws unconstitutional). We also need to recognize that the 2nd Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear arms. Beyond that, we need to recognize the need to repeal the 16th and 17th Amendments (the 16th gives the government power to create the IRS so that it can get the money to go beyond its constitutional powers and the 17th weakens states' rights by requiring senators to be directly elected). We also need to repeal the unconstitutional Federal Reserve from the Wilson administration and the unconstitutional New Deal from the FDR administration. And then, after that, we should probably repeal the Judiciary Act of 1789 to get rid of some of the activist judges (we don't need any federal courts other than the Supreme Court anyways). And then, when we finally drag the government down to its constitutional size, we can debate whether or not to go even further by repealing the Constitution and reinstating either the Articles of Confederation (with slight modifications) or just eliminating the government entirely.

Answer 7

yes, I believe so, in a way... the need to sell and buy things, capitalism is the greatest weakness as well as the greatest strength of America.
Case in Point -worst, our huge need to buy oil for our cars trucks suvs, etc.
our capitalization on 9/11 related goods... the entire reason 9/11 was carried out was due to capitalism.... so I guess in a way its actually kind of an IN YOUR FACE to Bin Laden and the rest, we actually profited off 9/11 happening. (t shirts, bumper stickers, movies, etc etc etc ad nauseum!) sad but true.
Case in point best- strong dollar for many many years, one of the leading GNP, very rich country. very high standard of living in the uSA

Answer 8

No, the greatest weakness is the standard that our government has set of spending more than you have. It is the belief that having large debts is OK.

Answer 9

The housing market subprime bubble collapse could be a sign of runaway consumption, but it is more complicated than that. Gone are the days of the spendthrift.

Answer 10

consume consume consume, "don't leave home without it"! this is the way we have been programmed to do by our public media. it is like being possessed. needs and wants are mixed up! this is the reason why we resist change, we are afraid of loosing our refrigerator with a butter-warmer! we don't care about others and our nature! it is a shame! peace