Politics

After our class discussion on Tuesday, I found it to be a good eye opener as to how people are impacted by others behavior.  I thought it was good for us to watch since so many people in our country have no idea as to what has been going on with poverty, unemployment, and other issues that have been in the news. Personally, I do not know much about politics but I feel like neither did a lot of the protesters we saw in the videos.  It seemed as if they were just following the actions by others.  After watching the videos, it just seemed like people were angry about how their own lives had turned out, and wanted to blame someone else.   I agree with Lippmann’s idea that there are experts out there who make decisions for our country as a living but on the other hand I also believe Dewey’s idea that people should be educated and not leave it up to a small percentage to make the decisions for the country. I think everyone, including myself, should be a little more educated in politics so then maybe these two arguments could somehow find a common ground.