Quote Originally Posted by tomamar04
I never said either was brainwashed, it's just how can you say the UK is brainwashed.

I feel the American government has more control over daily life than the UK government.

And why do you think the UK is brainwashed?
I don't think the UK is "brainwashed", but I do think that the UK is under the same, er, "education" that the US is under. See, the people here in America are hardly being taught propaganda, though we recognize that there is some "propaganda" in our media. However, we have the freedom of press in the States, and therefore its' not really a product of our government, but a bunch of ass-kissing media people who produce scaremongering tactics.

Likewise, on the basis of capitalism v. socialism, it seems that the majority of people in the UK probably don't give a damn about issues like that, but most would say (without base) that socialism is just and ideal, and that capitalism is a greedy system. Likewise, in the states, among the common man who doesn't give a damn about any of this, it's still the prevaling idea that (without base, once again) capitalism is free and just, and that socialism is more-or-less a slave society.

Really, my argumentation is that the United States is hardly a hell of a lot worse than most other western civilizations. It's just that our subtle, "collective" political ideals centers more around capitalism, not socialism.