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American parents are pathetic these days

Image courtesy of Patch.com (Rebecca Hughes)
Image courtesy of Patch.com (Rebecca Hughes)

I know that people are going to hate me for saying this, but hear me out on this - today's parents (and to a lesser extent, teachers) in American culture are pathetic both emotionally and financially.

Compared to parents and teachers from the rest of the world, my fellow Americans are brainwashed by the government and indoctrinate their children that success is defined by the riches and masses. This conflicts with the vast majority of app developers and small business owners, most of who grew up poorly.

What people think is an "American" concept is actually that of a Northern European concept; hamburgers and hot dogs are a GERMAN concept, from the country that we won an entire WAR against. But we continue to eat these stupid, fatty, Pfizer-polluting, cancer-causing foods on the so-called "4th of July." These are far worse in the greenhouse emissions department than plastic straws and gas guzzlers combined.

I'm not entirely against gas guzzling trucks or SUVs (I think manufacturers should put biofuel or solar energy into these things to save gas), nor am I against plastic straws. But it seems as though people want to resist environmental and social change because of their ego or they believe it's how their parents raised them to be ("real men," "good girls," etc.), and this especially happens in America.

The minute people say they resist change (in a way), they eventually start getting used to it. In America (and perhaps even Canada and Britain), no one wants to admit that. In Armenia, Australia, Japan, and continental European countries, effectiveness and flexibility both are shown to be the most advanced ways to success.

America's public schools and most of its private schools (including colleges, universities, and ALL the scam trade schools) are JUNK indoctrination centers designed to NOT set your low-income and middle-income kids up for the near future. Liquor stores are insanely common in low-income and middle-income American neighborhoods, as well as most of the junk food plates in public schools designed to harm our kids' health.

Americans (especially Baby Boomers and Gen Xers) today are seemingly still offended by so-called "cuss words" slipping out of their kids' and students' mouths, than they are by outrageous corruption in the administration?

Most parents and teachers are raising their kids and teaching their students to respect corporate's orders. Profits over people.

American parents are pathetic these days
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