Me+First+Mentality+&+Secondary+Matters

= **﻿"Me First" Mentality and Secondary Matters** = = = "Popular New Application." //Google//. Web. 31 May 2011. <[]>. =**While freedom appears as though as it as easy to obtain with a click of a button, it is not.** = = = = = = =

"Samrobs." //Google//. Web. 1 Jun 2011. []. = While America offers tremendous freedom and opportunity, it is not offered to all, especially the underprivleged and certain minorities. =

 "Corporate_Flag." //Google//. Web. 1 Jun 2011. []. =Many members of the American society try to be the best and indiviudals, particularly in the higher, socially elite class, tend to focus soley on their indiviudal gains and leave others by the wayside The flag only waves over some Americans and as depicted here, it waves heavily over the big, rich, consumers as well as booming corporations within America. = media type="youtube" key="Uem73imvn9Y" height="349" width="560" align="center"

"Race to Nowhere Theatrical Trailer ." //YouTube//. Web. 1 Jun 2011. <[]

=This trailer from "A Race to Nowhere" provides us with the reality of the fierce competition that lies within America today. With pressures to be the best and perform, only a select few will be able to survive. And those who cannot keep up, are not granted the same opportunities. This is plaguing future generations of Americans. = = = = =



=This parody of "American Gothic" provides us with the complete picture of what the American Character is becoming. This "keep up with the Joneses" mindset is attainable for some, but not for all. While many Americans continue to focus on their secondary matters such as material wealth, controling where they individually go to college, what the eat, what they wear etc, many underprivelged citizens "under" these privelged citizens in the social rank are not given an equal opportunity and chance to better their lives. For them, the American Dream seems unattainable. = =With the privleged so focused on their personal, secondary matters, they are rarley motivated by the opportunity of making great change becuase they fear that they may lose everything or are simply oblivous to their surroundings. =

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** “Hence, the majority of citizens in a democracy do not see clearly what they could gain by a revolution, but they consistently see a thousand ways in which they could lose by one”-Alexis De Tocqueville **

** Alexis De, Tocqueville. // Democracy In America //. Trans Geroge Lawrence. New York. Harper and Row, 1966. Print **

=" <span style="color: #000bff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Their excitement about small matters makes them calm about great ones” -Alexis De Tocqueville =

=<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">** Alexis De, Tocqueville. // Democracy In America //. Trans Geroge Lawrence. New York. Harper and Row, 1966. Print ** =

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> "Boulevard of broken dreams by Greenday Lyrics." //YouTube//. Web. 1 Jun 2011. <[]>. =<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">When certain individuals cannot obtain opportunity and freedom that was thought to be promised, they enter their own "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" in particular, the broken American Dream. It is very hard for the underprivileged and middle class to obtain the American Dream becuase too higher many higher Americans put their indiviudal, secondary concerns before concerning <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> themselves with the bigger issues surrounding those individuals "under" them. =

=<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**American needs to shift into more of a communally responsible nation where people of all classes are able to interact with each other, be aware of eachother's struggles. However, this transition must be done right. The community must NOT have the judgments and idals revolving around oppressive and cruel tactics.** = = = = = = =



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