The American form of government

My Dad sent me this link http://www.wimp.com/thegovernment/ that has a pretty good video on the current state of our government. It's pretty telling if you've been paying attention the last few years. It would be nice if we could go back to what the country was supposed to be founded on but I guess the almighty dollar speaks louder than truth. I've been very disappointed of late as two values seem to have emerged in this country. One is an overdeveloped "sense of entitlement". We no longer get what we deserve, we get what we can extort at the expense of anyone but ourselves. It's one thing to pick up a dollar bill off the ground. But the lies people go to that absolve themselves of any accountability. Pretty sad. The other is entropy and "striving for mediocrity". We have become so lazy and spoiled that we spend all our time staying exactly where we are. Don't rock the boat and don't focus attention on yourself. People might actually expect you to do something. People will achieve goals you set for them. But this society has worked so hard to protect us from ourselves that we no longer even have the opportunity to get hurt. I thought you learned from making mistakes? Guess not. It's like that movie Idiocracy. Terrible execution, great concept. Pretty soon we'll all have the IQ of 10. I still think this is a great country but we need to get our heads on straight. Own up to a few things and make them right.