Lets be honest here. This isn't America bashing, I still love my country. But this country has a terrible history. We stole this country from the native americans, mexicans and eskimos. We have quite a history of persecuting people who stood in the way of our unquenchanable greed and it continues today. Greed is what allows us to live such lavish lifestyles with anything we could possibly want at our fingertips. And that even includes the poorest of us. We get the government we deserve. If we ever hope to make funamental changes to this country we're going to need to become less materialistic.