The Fate of Our Nation

Why do Americans continue to vote against their interest and listen to the lies that the media spews out on a regular basis? It is easy for them to believe the propaganda when it is fueled by the whole American Exceptionalism idea. Americans love believing it's us and them. They love the idea that America was founded by people who pulled themselves up by their own bootstraps. Don't get me wrong, I think it is very important for people to be industrious and do what they can to support themselves. It just takes some thought to actually realize that without a balance, these once great economic principles would eventually bury the masses once the wealthy figured out how to milk the system wholly and completely. If America doesn't wake up and realize the need for certain checks against the greed of the public sector by forcing their elected officials to overcome their own greed and enact effective legislation to create these checks, then we are a doomed nation.