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Comment by richardjordan | Hacker News Reader

sadly this is exactly right - the American people don't care - they pretend they do but in reality they will just do what they're told to by the media and the politicians from whichever side of the one party with two faces they pretend they're aligned with

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Speak for yourself. What about the thousands of families who lost loved ones in the attacks?

The American people have strong values and big hearts. You shouldn't confuse their apathy for politics as a lack of sympathy.

where did i confuse apathy for lack of sympathy?

Generalizations like this make everyone in the country seem like lemmings. That must be the same reason why the world sends its best and brightest to America to be educated.

The second fly in your ointment is that you assume the source to be credible. If it is credible, then at some point other news companies will be forced to recognize that credibility.

But, sadly, the NY Post has a history of exaggerating the truth and bending it in ways that will inflame and influence people like yourself, making you the one who's being told by the media what to think.

The world increasingly DOESN'T send its best and brightest to America to be educated. Wealthy elites often send family members to establish themselves here for the economic benefits of a system controlling most of the worlds resources supported by the world's largest military.

There's nothing particularly controversial in this. Most of these facts have been long reported - just in isolated dribs and drabs over the course of the last decade and mostly people are disinterested in hearing it.

i agree anyone bright enough to tie ones own shoes wouldnt head to murica for an "education", japan, china, russia, germany, sweeden, australia, new zealand, all have far better higher education systems.

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