Funnily enough years 2011-12 are fast becoming recognised
as years of Civil disobedience and, quite naturally, it isn’t our problem. Our
problem, looking at it the only way we can, down a very sharp single-edged
knife edge, is civil obedience.
Quite naturally, “our problem” is that we’re so obedient,
all over the world, that we do it all the time without a second thought. We do it in the face of poverty, starvation,
stupidity, war, and mass cruelty to every living breathing creature on our
planet. And, because there really is no
end to our short-sightedness isn’t it time we all awoke from our long slumber and
had a good sniff at the stench surrounding us?
We, the obedient ones of society, we the sane,
even allow ourselves to be hoodwinked and, we accept it daily, year in year
out, without question or pause for thought – from those we put into power to
protect us, and most of all, “to serve us.”
Every time we vote for a politician or their party
we repeat the process. We instinctively
know that we’re going to get kicked in the teeth or the balls, so why do we do
it, and more importantly, why haven’t we done something about it, before now?
We watch televised arguments in progress; we see
what a particular party is going to do about something that is irking it. Oddly enough, no matter how many people will get
hurt from the process, isn’t it strange how no one from the other so called
“do-gooder” parties stands up to be counted, and says, “Enough is enough, stop
this madness, now. “We” are here to help
our countries people, not hinder or hurt them at every turn in the road – and at
every other chance we get!”
There is talk of changing the voting system, and
yes, it does need changing, it’s so out-dated it belongs in a museum with the
other relics of the past, as well as many other “up-and-coming” Grotesque Ogres’
of the future.
Perhaps in the not too distant future the people
of a country will have a voice via a voting process. It isn’t enough to just simply mark a name
with an “X” and vote someone into office, we the people need to take the reins
and stay in charge – of everything and all party spokespersons. Every major decision that affects the people
should be voted on by the people, not by the politicians who think they have
our rights at heart.
This would be a fair and just method of
maintaining the status-quo, don’t you think?
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