We all suck. Our lameness is undermining Western civilization. Our founding fathers would straight up leave our shit and hop on a boat for Africa if they knew how much time we spent on our iPods. There, I just wrote Shane Oram’s Collegian column.

In our society, where more people vote for “American Idol” than for the American president [ed. Note: Is it so far-fetched to imagine that people can actually do both?], it is easy to see democracy is slowly dying.

Let’s face it: we have become flat-out lazy. As long as someone else does the work, we are happy as can be. By the time the situation gets drastic enough, guess what? It is too late— no going back.

Why have we let this standard slip into this state? Laziness is a powerful foe, but the distraction of technology and a fast-paced world cannot be left out of the equation as an attribute to the downfall.

Of course we’re all sluttish, selfish, and trivial. We watch too much TV. We’re on the internet too much (presumably, we’re just using SuperPoke. Who ever heard of anybody doing research? Or reading reading national and world news online!?).

Is democracy an idea meant to be left in history books, or is it worth protecting?

All I know is our predecessors did not fight and die for cell phones and hard drives. They fought for freedom and equality. Would you??

A question central to the preservation of our great democracy. I would sit down and think about it but I just got a sexy text message from Chelsey. It will take everything I’ve got to think of a good comeback. Something fun, something to keep the mood flirty. Can you think of anything? I think Maxim has some advice for this kind of thing.

[Source: K-State Collegian]