Reposted From Rant/Rave Blog

It seems that it is always in the best interest of those who wish to remain in power to use men and their gifts, their labor. It allows them to remain faceless while casting a brighter-than-necessary light on their minions - our neighbors. There is a mild complex of self-hatred that moves through us, evident in such actions as our viciousness toward the leader we chose twice to represent us to the world, the balancing act of our relentless pursuit of physical and emotional vanity standing alongside our innate cultural desire to destroy our bodies and the very environment that could save us.

We will always complain about being told what to do when, unfortunately, doing as we're told is the greatest skill we seem to be able to offer. Whether a barrel-chested collector for a frontier bank during the Great Depression or a mind above minds from M.I.T. working for the next start-up to "change how we ___", as Bob Dylan once sang, "You gotta serve somebody." The right to marry, healthcare for the uninsured, which war to fight - these are all worthy discussions to be had. The common man is not having them, however. These are debated and chewed on by those with degrees from schools that do not teach your story, those with homes you are not welcome in, those who would not shake your hand but for your vote and the even more valuable fire and brimstone you will rain down on those who oppose them.

They don't always like us. We tend to complain, carp about things that we do not understand. Look at it this way - even a young politician eager to change the status quo must be mentored in the dos and don'ts of the game. And who more qualified to look after and nurture the New Guard but the Old Guard? This is one of the most fundamental reasons why things have fundamentally remained unchanged. At times, those who benefit from our labor - politicians, our bosses, our civil servants - play on our fears of each other. These fears are too weak and feeble to even call hatred. Hatred is an acquired taste available only to those who know their adversary well. We tend to be swing wildly in the dark at obstacles with big names and little effect on our daily lives, hitting only our neighbors in the process.

We are sometimes remiss in acquiring all the details and they use this to their advantage. "Anyone who is not on your side is wrong, as long as you're on our side." They are children trying to sneak money from the purse or wallet of their dim-witted Mom or Dad, and they are good at it.

In every poll there is a word missing. A word that would transform these lists of "concerns" and "desires" of "the people". The word is Survival. What are the most important issues for the survival of America? What are the major concerns for the survival of the human species? Nah, those questions are a bummer. We are not fools - we just play them on T.V. In the end, we know how tails wag dogs and what's in the Kool-Aid. A marionette knows there are strings stapled into its back, but what is its use without them? The men who built this country went to great lengths, considerable debate, and indulged themselves in a tremendous amount of thought to practically "unionize" the citizens of this nation. We used to call them the "Founding Fathers", but now they are "The Framers of the Consitution". Maybe this is because a frame may be all that will be left soon.

Welcome to Nutang, since I missed your first post...
» randomjunk on 2007-11-28 08:43:21

Uhhh.. welcome.
Don't worry rj. We all missed his posts.
» Bullet on 2007-11-28 10:34:49

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