America is 'Big Mother.' She doesn't listen, she knows whats best for all, and sometimes it hurts. Other times it feels great - Bitch.
'God is not in might, but in right.' - Prince Alexander Nevsky.
Americans have it the wrong way around. Her entertainment culture is the mother of harlots, prophesied to fall. The media makes an image of the beast, the false reality, for the people to worship.
America makes some great and enlightening art, but it is not popularized. Look at these lyrics by Chuck Shuldiner, of the band Death. I think they are about TV:
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Zero Tolerance
In the dark of night...
Abusing a portion of light
While others are sleeping
And some are escaping
A serpent spews out fantasy-
Unjustified blasphemy
That cannot be condoned
[Solo: Schuldiner]
It must be strange to not have lived
So far into existence
This is not a test of power
This is not a game to be lost or won
Let justice be done
[Chorus:]
There will be zero tolerance
For the creator of hallowed intentions
There will be zero tolerance
Fate is your deciding God
[Solo: Schuldiner / Solo: Koelble]
Karma comes crashing down
Leaving a very deep scar
Exposing a door to the
Source of a verbal whore
Machines supply the altar
Where virtuous lives are sacrificed
[Solo: Koelble]
It must be strange to not have lived
So far into existence
This is not a test of power
This is not a game to be lost or won
Let justice be done
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I look at the colonies like teenage children of the old world. Canada is the idealist smart arse Lisa Simpson type, a bit frenchy intellectual, but fully sold-out. America is a big loud obnoxious but highly intelligent Jock, thinks he is in control, and home to the 'intelligentsia.' Australia is the kid brother, trying to impress, wearing hand me downs while strapped to a table with wires going into his head. He has a knife in his boot that no one noticed. I hope.