Alawen, I think you're wrong in that you assume those who aren't die hard flag wavers like yourself have given up on America.
Quite the contrary, I get the idea that people feel America has given up on Them. Nowadays, corporations are more important than human rights, Rogue nations that we are Allied with continue to tempt and threaten OUR peaceful existence by THEIR provocative actions towards their neighbors (israel was bad policy long before GW and 9/11). Do our votes even count anymore? How can you say that We have given up on America when it is so clear that, while America may not have given up on us, it's definitely forgotten.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure."
Unfortunately for all of your hard work, founding fathers, our past few generations have turned us into a society that has lost our backbone. The only way out of this mess is by revolution (of varying degrees), BUT we're so complacent and brainwashed into believing ANY attack on america is an act of terrorism, even if said act would better our country as a whole by cleansing our wounds of dead and decaying matter.
That said, going back to my opening sentence, i personally haven't given up on America itself, only the Americans that live there. George Orwell had it wrong... Huxley is a prophet.
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