I've made a few Lebanese friends in my dorm and in my classes over the past few weeks. Almost everyone here is a science or business major. At first I thought it was just because those departments were strong at AUB, but now I think it's something else. Against my guidebook's warning, I always tend to bring up politics in conversation. The responses I get always start the same, "I don't know much about politics and I don't want to know anything. I'm Lebanese. Our system is very messed up." Then whoever I'm talking with will go on a rant about what they think of the political system. Most of them are so fed up with Lebanese politics and think the politicians are just corrupt demagogues who lie to the people. It's interesting that a country with so many political problems can claim so many young inhabitants who hate politics. I wonder what this spells for the future of the country.
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