William Buckley's 'Why Don T We Complain'

William Buckley’s “Why Don’t We Complain” expresses the concerns and lack of interest people have when voicing their opinions. Buckley reflects off of different situations that have occurred and argues that Americans blindly accept issues. Issues like sitting through agonizing heated train rides, having the need to ask a waitress for a glass of milk multiple times, going to the movies where the picture is out of focus, and not having your lunch tray collected on the plane. Buckley believes that if people don’t voice their freedom of speech, it will be taken advantage of and that will result in uncomfortable situations. He also adds the amount of hesitation the American people have when speaking up with circumstances that demand our attention. Essentially, the idea that is brought up in this article is that Americans should exert our power to fix issues, rather than blindly accept them. However, if Americans exert their power to complain and speak up, wouldn’t that cause more damage to U.S then voicing our opinions. Throughout the article, Buckley reflected off the idea that everyone should speak up, without thinking of the harm it would cause to society. In essence, everyone …show more content…
Many people don’t want to voice their opinions because they want to protect themselves from harm, both verbally and physically. Essentially, Buckley wants people to complain more, so Americans don’t blindly accept issues and choose not to exert power to fix it. However, there should be a limitation on how much power that can be exerted, too much power can create chaos. People will not be aware of their restrictions and that will unbalance the system in society. Of course complaining brings about new issues that needed to be said, but are we willing to sacrifice our human nature on individuals exerting more power than they need