Coup d’Etat? Hardly; too blind

I have come to realize that a lot of adventure/action films for kids have a theme of coup d’etat. Granted, the bad guy in charge is pretty bad, but lines are not so clear cut in life. It makes me wonder, since I live in the US – pro-democracy and anti-socialist among other dichotomies, whether or not revolution is encouraged or not. I suppose it is illustrated to mean that under oppression, we should stand up for ourselves; that when those in charge are failing, we step in and set things right.

I like to think of movies like Robots as having good family-movie value, but that idea of staging a coup for the betterment of all – it sounds like the Socialist Revolutions of the early 20th century. I understand the need for equality, I really do. I would love to have that system; Utopian and community-minded. But this nags at me, since I live in what is most definitely an anti-socialist country, and a fairly radical one when it comes to the blend of conservatives and liberals in the government house. It nags at me because this county was founded in a revolution, and has grown and stayed influential through constant internal revolution.

This is true. That is historical fact. But the point, ladies and gentlemen, is that history and ideology has slipped from the minds of the public in this country. People who don’t even understand something as simply yet profound as the national flag. Perhaps not in detail, but I do believe not understanding the point of the flag design is a great shame, to the country and the individual. WE take pride in ourselves, yet we don’t even know what we’re proud of.

It makes me wonder… the wealth of ideas and influences are everywhere, yet nothing but finger pointing – sometimes in the wrong way, I might add – has been done. Perhaps there is a reason why intellectuals seclude themselves.