> A huge segment of the population is obese, self indulgent, lazy and dependent on government. <
There might be a better word, but I’d add “suspicious” that list. Four guys I know (ex-students of mine) volunteered for the army right after 9/11. They all survived, but one of them came back maimed for life.
And for what? It’s all on George W. Bush. His near-nonexistent WMD “evidence” got us into a horrible war. So who can blame anyone for doubting anything the government says now? The trust is broken, maybe forever.
And, of course, the continually lying media doesn’t help either.