Back in the 1990s I went to Grand Bahama Island on a vacation. The difference in the airports is striking. The US airports were full of constant warnings and there was that horrible CNN-airport channel everywhere spreading fear and bad news. All in your face 24/7. In the Bahamas there was one old guy sweeping up in the airport. No TVs, no nothing.
Then there were the lemon-faced bureaucrats at the US customs counter in the Bahamas but that’s everywhere you travel. They hire only rude @$$holes at customs.
The US population is kept in a state of constant upset by media and govt. You don’t notice it until you travel. You think it’s normal life.
You think it’s normal life.
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We also live in a veritable sea of lies, distortions and deceptions. We are literally immersed in it 24X7, yet it seems normal because it is so ubiquitous.
We are also becoming a neurotic nation. We fret and fuss over everything, no matter how small it is. We are in a constant state of agitation.
The country is so corrupt, hyper sensitive and intensely materialistic its unlikely we’ll ever return to any semblance of normality.