but Lisa, what can I do, I'm only one person

people argue things like, 'americans forget that they are not the moral superiors of the world.' argue that; it's a good thing to throw around and for a good reason. but americans haven't 'forgotten.' they have never learned that in the first place. no society has ever. it's good to bring up, though, because it helps us learn it.

anyway. it's so hard to say anything. always, on some level, i'd disagree with myself. there's nowhere to stand. it was so much easier when you were oppressed by an evil tyrant or, instead, working to gain more lavishing from one. but if this does go away, and all societies become as america is, where, internally, we don't have much to fight about except for how we treat people and places external from us, then it would either lead us (historically) to civil war(s) or to a new step. maybe a technological lust. a historical paradigm shift? where advancement in technology and the excitement thereof becomes more pertinent than war. but war wouldn't go away.

but anyway, we're evolving as humans. and if you look at it objectively you'd be inclined to say that if you were in that situation you would have acted like that as well - at least most of the time or in general. you can recognize this and try to even things out, but really, it's just tough luck. we have castes in our species, not just in a society, that are based on culture. but these are changing. too slow for you? you can be one of the people that speeds things up by caring about it and protesting it. people will do these things. people will do everything to get to where we are going.

and you wouldn't want the king of england busting down your door and pointing a gun in your face. would you? WOULD YOU?