Seeing that these sort of things work by means of consensus of the elites, and that when it that comes from the those elites it going to look best for those elites. I think that change from the bottom is more of a revolution than consensus because it will have to displace or reform the elites.
There is a social economic split which is then supported by the various myths about what it means to be a citizen in America, then there are the political divisions. So really the only ones who can make the decisions are the elites, because they have the one thing that despite the various divisions unite them, power and the control of the system. That's why so much of what they do seems like theater, there playing to the power they control. They keep us divided and split into factions for there theater.
For change to happen 80 to 90% of us need to realize that only with common purpose can we change the power equation and I don't see that happening until more of us are angry enough to over look the divisions between us.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
What I think is wrong.
I blame Reagan for the state of the nation, but it falls in the realm of unintended results. He gave us the idea that we, each of us could do no wrong because we are Americans. He believed that most people were good and that our society would self correct because we were everything that was right in the world. He failed to see a dark side in ourselves and by a blind believe in things American he glossed over it. He gave us the start of our hubris and entitlement that is the root cause of today's troubles.
"W" was the pinnacle of this thinking and we might have been OK if not for 9/11. Being completely blind to the world around us 9/11 only fueled the darker side of our society. The fact that we were surprised by 9/11, the Iraq war, the failure in Afghanistan, two wars with Tax cuts, the increase in Executive power, attack on our civil liberties and failure to provide checks and balances on business. It was hubris and entitlement that fueled them to take us to the point we are at today.
Even now with the crisis in full swing there are many that still cling to the faith. For all the talk of globalization, we think that we have all the answers. Wall Street still clings to their entitlement in spite of bringing us to global meltdown. The rage of the masses some how confuses them because they work hard to earn those salaries. The change in society that money equates to self worth and that the more you get the better, in spite it could be more than you could ever use.
We need to start to listening to the better angels of our nature, and I believe all the data is there to make those choices. We just need to turn away from our dark side and work for the common good.
"W" was the pinnacle of this thinking and we might have been OK if not for 9/11. Being completely blind to the world around us 9/11 only fueled the darker side of our society. The fact that we were surprised by 9/11, the Iraq war, the failure in Afghanistan, two wars with Tax cuts, the increase in Executive power, attack on our civil liberties and failure to provide checks and balances on business. It was hubris and entitlement that fueled them to take us to the point we are at today.
Even now with the crisis in full swing there are many that still cling to the faith. For all the talk of globalization, we think that we have all the answers. Wall Street still clings to their entitlement in spite of bringing us to global meltdown. The rage of the masses some how confuses them because they work hard to earn those salaries. The change in society that money equates to self worth and that the more you get the better, in spite it could be more than you could ever use.
We need to start to listening to the better angels of our nature, and I believe all the data is there to make those choices. We just need to turn away from our dark side and work for the common good.
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