why bother caring?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

George Bush does not affect your life that much.  We like to look at the headlines and think that our government is doing all this and that or whatever.  If you think about it, they don't do much at all.  You can live your whole life not knowing we even have a politically active government.  The changes, or lack there of, are not that drastic and will rarely affect our lives to the point where we really should be concerned.  We are all just obsessed with politics, leading to a reality in which the President and Congress actually matter for some reason.

Not everyone lives in a bourgeois ghetto you know.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Your blatant attempts at dismissing the opinions of those wealthier than you as ignorant and elitist are beginning to shed light on the fact that you clearly have some kind of wealth related complex.  Why you feel the need to lift yourself up by attempting (and failing) to bring others down is beyond me.  I would think you'd want to act like you have dignity to prove that wealth does not buy class.  Now, I'm really not sure if you were asserting that I live in a "bourgeois ghetto" because that wouldn't make any sense, but knowing you I should expect that kind of knee-jerk comment.

I wuvs you too!!!11

But you've missed my point, which was only partially abusive. The belief that nothing the government does ever really effects people is one that can only be held by someone protected, in one way or another, from reality.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Aw, that's precious.  You actually think you know why I feel the way I do, as if you know what it's like to be in my position anyway.  I only believe that because I don't feel like I need to assign blame elsewhere or rationalize my own standing in society.  Remember - life is what you make of it, and it won't be very pleasant if you're constantly comparing yourself to those you will never be comparable to.

Very funny, kid. This is satire, right? Right?

And you continue to ignore my basic point. Why?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Actually, your "basic point" didn't exist until you decided to change your post from another sad attack to a legitimate point.

If you think that then you still don't get what I was driving at

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Fezzy does have a point in that most elections do not alter the lives of that many people that much.

If he had written that I don't think I would have complained in quite the way that I actually did.

What he wrote was this:

George Bush does not affect your life that much.  We like to look at the headlines and think that our government is doing all this and that or whatever.  If you think about it, they don't do much at all.  You can live your whole life not knowing we even have a politically active government.  The changes, or lack there of, are not that drastic and will rarely affect our lives to the point where we really should be concerned.  We are all just obsessed with politics, leading to a reality in which the President and Congress actually matter for some reason.

This is the sort of argument that you can only really believe if you live in a "bourgeois ghetto". I suppose when you are of a certain class the decisions (or indecisions) of government do seem remote and basically irrelevant. But this does not mean that they actually are irrelevant to the rest of the population.