2. Idiocracy from the U.S. to Romania

2.     Idiocracy from the U.S. to Romania

     “Don´t innovate, imitate!” seams to be the slogan that enlightens people in Romania and makes them follow trends from the U.S. I am not stating that it is bad to follow trends. But it is lame to always be a copy-cat… even is serial killers! Can`t Romanians be originals in anything? While the news showed a killer who confessed to murdering 100 women in the States, we have our own serial killer the famous Dincă who killed at least 2 teenagers (the investigation is still on going).

      While in the U.S. there are several cooking shows like MasterChef, Romanians had to have the same T.V. show, although the majority of the population is living in poverty and they can´t afford the ingredients of a MasterChef dish.

     Family Feud is another T.V. program that was a must have for the Romanian population. Of course, it is entertaining, but to answer silly questions and to be made fun of just to get some money is really below my mind.

     Public speaking was something never heard of in Romania before. I mean in the 90´s. Thanks to F. Wright and M. Stewart, public speaking grew very fast in America in the  18^th and 19^th  Centuries.

       Also, the great accent that is put on animal lives today is almost frightening. The Romanian ecologist groups which follow foreign pattern are very involved in their activity, which is a good thing, only they fail in certain aspects such as: educating the parents not only the children to respect the nature and the animals, applying  real fines for throwing cigars everywhere, and many other examples on this issue may be discussed.

     Other aspects that are mind blowing in Romania: Politics, How people get a job if they have a certain ethnicity, Why the police is against the population, Why do disabled people have to be dragged to the doctor every year for their disabilities, Unemployment, Health issues such as medication or people with disability, Romanian Government woke up recently and offered it´s students better conditions and laptops in order to pick their College.

      Who is capable to chat upon these subjects prefer to shut up because they still have their wage going so why stir the still waters. Comfty, ain`t it?

     Some disturbing aspects in the United States: Politics, College athletes are treated like celebrities, although they are actually just students taking part in an extracurricular activity, Obesity, Unemployment and Employment, Unmarried women giving birth to 40% of all babies in America each year.

Let´s review some of the topics I´ve mentioned above.

·       Politics – well, both the Americans and the Romanians have their own President that some want and some don´t want. I am not a Politician so I will not stir the waters here.

·       Regarding College… While in the U.S. I have noticed the accent is placed on sports and teamwork, very much competitiveness is grown, in Romania the free spirit is grown. There, in Romania, students still chat with “what am I going to do after this College?”, and most of them have no answer to that. Is this chaos happening because the teachers are less rigid and allow their students almost anything? Or is it due to the corruption? The news showed a man who had 12 College Diplomas and he was bragging he bought them all. Shame! On him and on the system…  

·       The employment and unemployment ratio – I suppose these numbers should be “normal” but why must we take them for granted? Why do so many graduate students work as baby sitters or whatever they can find?

·       Unmarried women giving birth to 40% of all babies in America each year, in Romania the abortion ratio grew due to the low economic living conditions. If you don´t have money, how can you raise a baby? Makes sense, right? Taking up responsibility is a big thing and many Romanian women prefer not to go through motherhood alone. I can´t say I blame them but I must remind the reader that abortion is a crime and that “living thing”, that “fetus” is life.  I know it´s easier to see on the news when a criminal is caught, but if you have commited abortion you are as guilty as that criminal according to the Laws of the Bible.

·       Obesity is and was a very tackled issue, being the cause of various diseases, such as:

Obesity is common in both the U.S. and in Romania, in children and in adults.

Creating public hysteria is also a common feature for both countries.