America--the land of the free, home of the brave, and insurmountable debt. It's a great place really--I mean, each year thousands of people risk their own lives to jump the boarders of poverty and enter into the "New Eden" of the world. What exactly are these people searching for? Many search for freedom. Others search for their one big break to make it into something they could have never been before or what in the depths of our past was once known as the American Dream.
The American Dream--it has enticed immigrants to America since her founding--the strong Statue that stands for our Liberty fortifies herself between what lies beyond our site and the strong vision of capitalism and industrialism that lies within the streets of New York City. She lures her immigrants from all lands across the ocean saying "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of you teaming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" As surely as she cries and begs for them to come, they do--all of them. The tiredest and poorest of peoples from all lands--Ireland, Italy, Germany, Poland, England...They come. and they seek to rise into greatness just as her majesty, our Freedom Statue stands to proclaim.
Maybe the dream did find itself into the lives of many, for the the early 1900's of American capitalism and industrialization weaved itself into the very heart and fiber of our nation and gave some the opportunity of progression and quality of life that they sought. More than a hundred years later we still seek the American Dream--or what's left of it. Many good people work hard to find monetary, educational, and personal success in life, but are left enslaved to the greedy desire and consumption of our overbearing capitalist state. Many, like myself are forever enchained by educational and medical debt that has forever stunted our ability to progress above our current status.
Perhaps this is why our culture has latched on to apocalyptic obsessions. Sure the idea of an actual Apocalypse of fire and brimstone is scary as Hell--literally--but what about the idea of a society left in the wake of complete economic breakdown or possibly even a zombie outbreak? You may not see it at first--I have to admit, it sounds pretty scary at first--but think about. Just for a moment.
It would be frightening at first as everyone scattered to try and gather supplies for survival. Our entire system of economics and capital that we have entrusted so much of our faith and lives to would be eliminated, thus destroying class structure and monetary struggle. No single individual could claim legal ownership to any item through monetary gains, and we would be left to survive based on our own knowledge and abilities to outsmart the others around us. It would be social Darwinism at it's finest. Maybe you can't outwardly agree with me that an economic or zombie Apocalypse would be "fun" but I think maybe, just maybe, our culture secretly desires the purge of wrongdoing caused by capital gain that would be ignited by a massive breakdown of our social structure.
