I hope Americans are truly paying attention right now.

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7. ^ this ^

It's a sad fact that I know to be true... ignorance of government affairs. Many will just wonder why they all of a sudden don't get a check. I know 2 people who, at an hour before midnight, didn't know the government was possibly shutting down in an hour. After I told them it was most likely going to happen, they didn't know what it meant anyway so they just shrugged it off. Unbelievable. It's right there in front of them on their computer screens but they are so used to cushy living without care or knowledge of history or anything else for that matter that they just paid no attention.

And the World laughs!