Saturday, January 5, 2013

Power should be used for good (#1436)

I have seen the best of intentions get sidetracked, when it comes to politics. It seems that just holding the power to affect people and their lives in real meaningful ways has distorted many into thinking beyond doing good, and instead toward less honorable actions. As if the sacred privilege of representing the majority of us is somehow a personal vindication of the elected's own privileged ego. It isn't as obvious up close as the person's demeanor comes across as sincere and thoughtful, however in the display of policy progression and the votes on which the policies dictate, we see the real disconnect between those who are truly champions of the people, and their general health and welfare, and those who have been feigned into supporting the special interests who continue to, with ulterior motives, bolster their ego's. That these duplicitous politicians are able to manipulate their re-elections through falsehood and deception is a bane on our society and makes us a laughingstock outside our own country. There are several examples of how government and it's politicians should think and act yet we here in America have for some reason less time to learn from others and more time to ignore what damage we are allowing to ourselves. An arrogance of privilege births privilege and that is the cocoon we have built around ourselves. We have abdicated our critical thinking to those who pull the strings of friendly faces. This too will pass but in the meantime we will all suffer the regression and omission of progress on a scale that will eventually lead to us asking how we got in this mess. The answer is clear, think critically about what possibilities our future holds and do we want to be the ones who lead the world into it or just remain captive to those whose main goal is to protect what they have at the expense of a just society and a healthy planet?

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