The unique attitude of America

The current happenings in Iran are rather interesting to me, and it has nothing to do with all that crap about joy of seeing a nation suddenly bursting with democratic spirit. To be honest these usually never turn out well, either the assembled masses are suppressed or the factions consume each other. But that is neither here nor there. Rather I am amazed by the nature of the assembled masses themselves, their fearless attitudes. They are facing violent suppression by the entity that should be, nominally, protecting them. It is from this that I believe I finally understand something, the key that inspires change in not people but whole societies: fear. Fear is in my view the polar opposite of logic, and as such it one of the two primal aspects of thought. It from fear that all the other emotions spring, that has to do with that fear in the mental expression of the unknown. Since emotional responses are more or less our reactions to an unknown event, an event for which we lack enough knowledge to properly apply logic. And this is what I am seeing in Iran now, the masses are being swept up by this wave of unknown acts by their government. As it stands now this a massive emotional reaction by the masses, as the events begin to settle and information is finally obtained it will be quite fascinating to see how this all progresses.

But getting back to their fearless attitudes. From what I have just said it may seem like I am saying that they are not reacting due to fear. This is not what I mean, rather I am saying they are acting in spite of their fear. The fear is still present or else their would not be such a response by either side. And it is this action in spite of fear that I believe is the greatest aspect for change. It is this same notion for why the the United States is so resistant to meaningful change. We are not a nation that is capable of being fearless anymore, since we have nothing to truly fear despite the various tactics employed to coerce the populace to believe otherwise. Rather we could be said to have an unfearful attitude.