America is not a Country

I guess it's hard to understand that America is not a country when nearly everyone calls The United States - AMERICAAAA!!! For the record, America is a continent that consists of North and South America, and occasionly some will include Central. It's annoying to think about calling yourself or someone else an american and we automatically assume they're from the states. I feel that's a problem with people- no one really cares and ' that's just the way it is' ( thanks 2pac haha) mentality.

It is the way it is because no one makes a change for the better. From slavery to racial issues and equal rights, I think people kind of gave up. America, North and South, has a dark history of slavery but no one really cares, it is in the past and things are different now. I don't think so. Everything is divided from the countries to the people. Most peoples minds are warped with the idea that America is a country and one to be proud of. I would understand the pride issue if was there real freedom and equality, wages that made sense, and no IRS.

 Will things ever get better? I feel people are too complacent ( I havent used this word in a while so I decided to look it up, the irony) and distracted.

adjective
1.
pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied:
The voters are too complacent to change the government.

Just look at the 2016 election, it doesn't seem real to me at all.  Anyways, they did a real good job of divide and conquer and warping history. America is not a country, it is a continent and we the people, have no control.