Americans, Too comfortable? Options

[*steve330*]

The other day I was talking to a Retired Captain from the navy and we were just discussing things in general when we came up to the topic of America. He brought up some very good points, and while I'll try to say them the best I can, the way he said it was really good.

Basically he was saying that perhaps one of the biggest problems with Americans nowadays is that we're too comfortable. We've gotten so used to not having to worry about things on a daily basis that we're not nearly as ambitious as Americans used to be.

Another thing he criticized was fund allocation. Surprisingly, he didn't say that money needed to go towards science/technology like so many do. In his words, "What has science done for us as a people?" I mean sure, technology has made us more comfortable on a day to day basis and made it easier for us to kill each other, but when it comes down to it, Americans got to their current status because of it's people, not it's technology.

[HakunaMatata]

I think that those who are comfortable aren't ambitious, but I wouldn't say that about America as a whole. I live in an area that's full of people who aren't comfortable at all and live out total completions of that whole work-just-to-have-food-on-the-table stereotype. They are extremely ambitious, that's why they're families are here, to make sure that they get out of their current situations and move up, up, up.But I just don't think that that's the American Americans think of.

And although I understand why he said that it's a big "problem" that Americans are comfortable, how much can be done about that? Certainly not make lives uncomfortable, that'd be considered crime (well, not literally, but you know).

[Simba]

Why would Americans need to be ambitious for what they already have? If they're comfortable with what they have, good for them. Worrying about things doesn't seem so desirable.

The issue here, buddy, is that Americans tend to not be as appreciative of what they have as they should be. Many Americans are born into "comfortability" these days. They don't get that feeling of appreciation that others get when they have to work for these things.


Of course America doesn't have its money priorities right. Several of the celebrities up in Hollywood make much more money than America's single and prestigious role as President.

[kimmytree]

For some odd reason, I get the feeling like he was referring to our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. I know alot of Republicans claim that people who are against the war dont want us to be involved because they're lazy, and because its not convenient.

Weird. I might be totally off on that, but it just seems like he was referring to us going to war over terrorism without actually coming out and saying it. Us being at war obviously makes us less comfortable.

[*steve330*]

Actually I'm not making this into a war debate. I'm very pro war, and I'm a very conservative person, but that aside. So many Americans are born into comfortability and because of that they won't have to work as hard to achieve certain things, and it will only dwindle down until we're not longer at the state we are in.

Also who becomes president for money?

Not saying any of this is fact, just opinion.