We're all living in Amerika,
Amerika is wunderbar.
We're all living in Amerika,
Amerika, Amerika.
Maybe you know the Rammstein song Amerika. Maybe you don't. It's a German song mocking the consumer's attitude and war mongering ways of American society. Really though, whether or not you like Rammstein or speak German, it has a good point.
BUY THIS, BUY THAT! IF YOU DON'T BUY THIS YOU ARE A FAILURE TO YOUR LOVED ONES AND THEY WILL HATE YOU! BUY BUY BUY!
This is the way of the Western World (North America, Europe). This is the message plugged into every single person's brain from the moment they turn on the television or put their hands on a magazine. This is the advertisement that pops up everytime you search on Google.
Well what's so bad about that? Girls love to buy things. Buy these shoes. Buy that iPod. You didn't buy that? Wow what a loser, you don't fit in anymore. You're an outcast. Oh you have that new CD? Let's be friends.
I'm not a gal, I don't get it, and if they're happy doing it then so be it. But really, isn't this getting a little ridiculous? Christmas is supposed to be a time of happiness and cheer where we celebrate the birth of our saviour, Jesus Christ. It is a Christian holiday. Yet somehow this has transformed into another advertisement. It has become a faerie tale of "Santa Claus" and more buying.
Maybe some of you still think that's fine. So what? It makes kids happy doesn't it? Think what you want then, I can't stop you. But that isn't what it is meant to be. It isn't meant to send people into backruptcy, or sucidal thoughts of sadness because they have no loved ones to buy for. But that is what it has become.
American ways have not just influenced the ways of the Western world, they dominate it. Buy that new pair of shoes, the one you bought last week is ancient now! Stop living in the past! You have to buy all of this to be cool!
American ways are pouring over the world, in the forms of magazines, internet, and tv. We have to know what Britney Spears did because her being a dumbass is apparently something new. We need to buy the diamonds to look just as nice as idiots like Britney Spears even if they are illegally taken from slave camps in Africa. So there are 200,000 African child soldiers and millions of people who suffer from HIV, but we definately need to look at Britney Spears first. She is the primary concern.
Maybe some people are sick of hearing the "boo hoo for Africa" story. Maybe some of you don't mind America slowing policing the whole world. And you know what? Yeah, most of you are happy with that. You're fine with demoralizing ancient Christian ways because you're not Christian. Good for you, do what makes you happy, but I'm out.
Canada is becoming an America. Many countries are becoming little Americas. If you don't care and think I'm an idiot, well, be my guest. I personally can't sit back and watch it unfold anymore, I'm going to try and make a difference, and at the very least get the hell out and go somewhere where there is less corruption (I'm not saying it's entirely avoidable, I know it isn't). Enjoy, and God bless America. It'll need His blessing.
