I will no longer participate in the American political
process, because doing so makes me complicit in my own demise as a
free-thinking person! This is certainly
a mouthful, and I understand that this will cause many of my family and friends
to cringe, and look at me sideways; at any rate, the truth must be spoken.
I Understand the History
Yes, I know that many people gave their lives in the cause
of having the right to vote. Blacks,
whites, and other races, joined together in the 60’s to fight for civil rights
in America. Many of them were brutalized
by police for having the audacity to fight for their rights to live as human
beings and not as cattle, herded by the powers that be, and led to the
proverbial slaughter. After much work,
pain, and bloodshed, civil rights came to fruition in America – but only as
defined by the powers that be!
Yes, there were major changes that made life much better for
all people in America. These changes included
many desegregation efforts as well as voting rights for all. Now, you must remember, that the people who
are responsible for the management of social order, had no choice but to
finally give in to the demands of the masses.
You see, when the masses of people come together in a unified effort, in
total disregard for race, religion, or political affiliation, division becomes
unity, and unity brings victory.
The ruling class in America had a huge problem on their
hands – a unified people! They had to
find a way to give the masses what they wanted, without relinquishing their
ultimate control of the masses. This
would be a difficult challenge for the ruling class, because if this new civil
rights amendment was to have any look of legitimacy, all people, men, women,
black, white, etc., would have to be a working part of the government going
forward.
Now there have always been political parties, but because of
the civil rights movement of the masses, these parties had to become inclusive
of those who were previously excluded, and they had to now defend those who were
previously victimized by them! This
caused a flurry of active think-tanks to try and come up with a solution to a
very big problem quickly - and they did!
The solution was a very subtle change, not to the structure
of the political parties, but to their purpose!
The reason the civil rights movement was so effective against the
American government was because the people were unified. So, to keep this from happening again, the
purpose of the political process was revised to that of being an instigator of
division! As long as the people are
divided, there is no chance of another civil rights-type movement disrupting
the plans of the ruling class.
This was the opportune time to seize this new direction,
because the civil rights movement provided all the substance that division is
made of; race, religion, age, gender, and sexual orientation. With all of these issues at the core of civil
rights, the ruling class needed only to find a way to use these issues as tools
of division among the people. As a
result, the two major parties (Democrats and Republicans), became more than
simply differing schools of thought, they became essentially archrivals, and
they did so intentionally to create an atmosphere of intense division between
their constituents!
Division Breeds Insanity
Today, the American people are so divided that the very
concept of compromise on behalf of either party is frowned upon to the point
that one’s career, or even their life may be at stake for the thought of it. As a result, nothing gets accomplished in
Washington, and the people become even more frustrated as they watch their
peace and prosperity disappear before their eyes. They lose their jobs, their homes, and their
savings, while the government they vote for does nothing for them at all!
Every two and four years, the republicans vow to change
their status in life by voting out those democrat bastards, and restoring America
to its greatness. At the same time,
democrats vow to improve the lives of all Americans, by voting out those
republican bastards, and bringing America back to its roots!
Every election cycle, the American people set themselves against
one another in defense of the democratic or republican ideology. Divided they stand, and divided they
fall. Over and over again, election
after election, campaign after campaign, promise after promise, the American
people continue to play a losing game of voting against one another, instead of
standing with each other. Each attempt
to change the game by voting fails again and again, yet each time, the American
people seem to expect that something will be different this time – insanity at
its peak!
Fat Rats in a Cheese Factory
Just like a bunch of fat rats in a cheese factory, the
politicians in Washington are as happy as they can be! They sit back and watch the gerbils (the
American people) run feverishly on a wheel that takes them nowhere at all after
having expended so much energy. They watch the little gerbils, navigate all the colorful gerbil tubes of the
political process, only to find that after all that traveling, they are still
in a cage. So, what do the American
people do? The run to the ballot boxes
every two and four years, casting their votes against each other. The politicians are very helpful in the
instigation of hatred and division. They
periodically make appearances on the media stage, with performances that fuel
the division between the people. Then
they disappear behind the curtains of dinners, discussions, and debates, to
assure the people that they are working on their behalf, and just as planned,
the divisions between the people are now wider than they have ever been. This is great news for the politicians,
because as long as the people are divided, they will vote every two and four
years so that they will have funding for more dinners, discussions, and debates
that get absolutely nothing done!
Conclusion
The conclusion is short and exact. A vote for a political party and politician
is a vote for your own demise, because you are giving signature to the process
that is killing you! The only way to
effect change in America is the way it was done in the 60s via the civil rights
movement – the unity of the people!
