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| Joe Bakewell. |
I MUST BE WRONG.
This is an
essay for me, trying to work out a conflict between my brain and the world
outside of my head. For years, I’ve been convinced that we, the citizens of the
United States, have lost our democracy and are ruled by special interests that
pay our, now corrupt, politicians to do their bidding.
I further
believe that this corrupt system must be defeated before we can regain anything
approaching government "by the people, for the people, etc."
I can, and
do, go on detailing my position. I’ve been doing this in writing and speech for
years. The trouble is that while a number of people agree with the corruption
part of my position, none seem to share my rigged connection between getting
rid of it and good government.
We’re
approaching another election. I’m amazed at the attention given to the pros and
cons of individual candidates. People are swept up, thinking that if they/we
select the right candidates, and the right party, big improvements will follow.
I believe
that successful candidates will attribute their success to the methods employed
during the constant campaign leading up to their election. Special
interest money and all that it buys, including their own personal wealth and
their constant catering to biased media will loom large in their thinking.
Voters will be viewed as a consequence, not a cause of their success. Partisans
on both sides will continue to get off on each juicy revelation of the enemies’
misdeeds.
How much
longer can we continue? What’s the next stage? Will our currency be debased
resulting in hyperinflation? Will we drift into socialism, and how will that
work with our corrupt political system? Will we find ourselves in another Great Depression? Will we start selling off government property?
I’m going
limp.
Joe Bakewell.
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