Speaking of Dreams

The way I see it, there are two kinds of Americas. Political & Social. Now that I think about it, this goes for pretty much any country.
When I was in Russia, a lot of people I spoke to had no interest to visit America because they disagreed with our political system.
But there is so much more to countries than their political system. U2 spent a year in America to record their Joshua Tree album because of American influences such as Bob Dylan and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Bono said he "...had to 'deal with' the United States and the way it was affecting me, because the United States' having such an effect on the world at the moment. On this record I had to deal with it on a political level for the first time, if in a subtle way." Since Bono was trying to portray the both "mythic idea of America" and the "reality of America" on the album, the working title of the album was "The Two Americas".

Joshua Tree Wikipedia link.

Yes, voting is an important tool to change. But I strongly believe what James Brown said, "Power to the people! HEH!" The underbelly of America has always been it's strength to change for the people, by the people. Through my travels of the majority of America in the last few years, I have experienced and heard so many great stories that keep me 'truckin' to new places to see different faces of America. Our social movements have always been an American backbone to our social idealism. In the 60's, our own African American citizens were not getting the attention and change they deserved, political or socially. In August 1963, MLK rallied the troops and marched to Washington D.C. to tell the world about his dream. 46 years later from King's march and speach, we are going to inaugurate our first Black President.

Power to the People.