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| Joe Bakewell. |
THE
PERCEPTION OF UNFAIRNESS.
In any competition, or confrontation between two
groups, the perception of unfairness in one group raises anger and a desire to
reciprocate in the other. We see this in baseball when a pitcher hits a batter,
and the other team sees the pitch as deliberate. The other team then orders its
pitcher to hit a batter in retaliation. The result is often a bench-clearing
brawl.
Our elected representatives in DC are all corrupt.
The system is so well established that it’s taken for granted. One has to
question the basic integrity, the morality of these people. We are intrigued by
their ingenuity in working through compliant media to bring us every scrap of
their opponent’s devious attempts at fooling the public. Both parties see the
other as unfair and act accordingly. Our media invite their fans to join in,
and many (most?) do.
What fun; it sure beats working on the serious
issues, and the public is distracted; never getting a chance to weigh in on
anything like the aforementioned corruption; the cost of healthcare; growing
inequality, or any of the other, long-standing serious problems. This is not by
accident. All too often, the problems are the result of corruption and can’t be
fixed without eliminating the corruption that our politicians rely on—a catch
22.
I’m angry; I feel my intelligence being insulted
every day, and I’m paying for it.
I am currently reading a biography of Thomas
Jefferson. It describes his interactions with other patriots, and I marvel at
their integrity, their devotion to building the best country they could. What a
contrast to the crowd in DC today.
Joe Bakewell.
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