The only consistent way someone learns how to change their bad behavior is to not only quit rewarding them for it but to actually cause them discomfort for their choice. I am of the sound mindset of forgiving people who have done wrong but with that forgiveness comes a punishment. No one should be allowed to intentionally harm one or many and not have to suffer for it. It is not democratic nor fair. Such is the state of our politics though. We allow too many who have caused irreparable harm to way too many yet we continue to let them have positions that continue the practice. There are too many good people who have no bad behavior nor bad intent who are much more capable of being leaders in our politics. We must give these folks a chance to show their mettle and root out those who have nothing good left to offer. Merit should be our calculations on who deserves the privilege of guiding our societies, not prestige, nepotism nor some sense of entitlement. Why we all don't practice this is a discredit to our educational system, which doesn't properly inform our citizenry and our judicial system for allowing laws that allow untruths as protected speech. The infection of deserves within our society is complex and cannot be wiped away in a generation. There is much work to be done but it must start at the time of our elections and with as much a groundswell of momentum as we can muster we need to start the process of voting for leadership that is honest and genuine. We have that chance to begin when November 4th comes about and focusing on what could be instead of the same old same old, we can make a huge dent in how we let our country go forward. No quarter for the dishonest deceivers who have so far been more about themselves and their donors than they have been about the majority of our citizenry.
No comments:
Post a Comment