Reply #197: The French are more active on their own behalf perhaps. That does not mean they are less selfish.

[No Elephants]

Those are two different issues.

Besides, all of France does not "take to the streets." Some people in some cities do. We are a much larger nation with lots of rural and suburban areas. We'd have to take to the lawns. It's often their unions that organize these things. Our unions are very different. And we have had anti-war demonstrations, anti nuke demonstrations and the like in cities. They were very unselfish. Contributions from Americans (individuals) to all kinds of things all over the world are not selfish either. Food and wells in Africa. Tsunami victims of Indonesia. Many, many things.

No, saying America is the most selfish country in the world does not make it so. Nor does it do one thing to advance the cause of single payer.

BTW, there have been demonstrations in D.C. on single payer. Were you there? If not, did you donate to the organizations that were there? There can be more demonstrations in D.C., too. Do you plan to organize one? If someone else does, will you go? Have you attended a town hall? Do you intend to go to NYC to demonstrate on October 17, as I suggested in another post? Have you even been contacting Obama and your Rep and Senators once a week?