a very serious problem

We have a very serious problem here.  We think in terms of a government that is not listening to the people.  A government that has sold out to International Corporations. 

But the fact is that the government is doing exactly what it has been hired to do, for the people that hired it. 

As I've said before, if the government were not doing its job, it would be tossed out and replaced by people who know where their money is coming from. 

We act as if this is some really bad thing.  Like there are mean spirited, sleazy politicians sneaking around deliberately going against our wishes.  Well, we're living in some sort of Fairy Story. 

The men and women who hold public office, are usually fairly bright, honorable folk.  They understood that when they solicited support from various organizations and corporations that they would be committing to protect and advance their interests. 

So why are we looking around like a bunch of Dodo birds? 

After all,  we are the ones who let it happen.  We are the ones who got ourselves so wrapped up in our Middle Class American Dream that we let the Corporate entities become First Class Corporate American Citizens. 

We went about telling each other, "I just don't get involved in political things". 

We never go to public meetings, town meetings, school board meetings, or union meetings.  "No time for such boring stuff", we say, as we head for the beach, the ball game, the casino or the "Man's Cave" for a few beers. 

Somehow we thought somebody else was looking out for our best interests.  Well, the chickens have come home to roost.  Only the Fox was looking out for us. 

Sure, I call them the Empire Builders and the Ruling Class, but I do not call them Evil.  They have done what they set out to do, grab everything in sight.  What's the matter with us?  Don't we understand the nature of a corporation?  As nice as they present themselves to us through their hired spokespeople, they exist for one purpose and one purpose alone, to grow.  Like so many cancers, they grow without concern for anything else.  Like cancers, they crowd out and destroy everything around them and then keep growing.  Like cancers, corporations will keep expanding until they have destroyed the very systems that support them.  They must do this.  No matter what line they peddle you, they are in existence to grow. 

We have only two choices.  We can wait for them to destroy themselves by sucking up all the resources, which could well mean the end of life as we know it, or we can stand up to them. 

 

To stand up to them means changing the rules of their game.  We cannot level their playing field.  We must insist on building a new playing field.  One which coes not include first class corporate citizens.  One where all Americans do have a vote and a voice.  One where office seekers must present their platforms before the public and win their votes, not their dollars. 

Our new playing field must have safe guards that exclude anyone from buying an office or a public official. 

 

Curious Carl