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« on: September 10, 2009, 06:20:04 AM »
It seems as though we all keep going around and around on who's to blame and how we got into the political fix we're now in.
I believe at the heart of all our political issues is the power of advertising, the media industry has become a very powerful tool for the political systems all across the world. The mass majority of the world population (at least those that have a say) are glued to the TV, radio and recently the internet. Our leaders have realized the potential of this and have capitalized on it over the last 40 or so years.
Those of us that are really paying attention try to call them on the BS, but the masses just follow the cattle call towards the bright light of socialism salvation. You want to know why, because it's easy! No muss, no fuss, big bro will take care of it.
Here in the U.S. We've been led by our noses for years, we thought we controlled the government, but truth is they've had blinders on us for years. I know, they step up and say "Now, now, you misunderstand what I'm saying . . . . then they very skillfully lay a very smooth line of bull sh*t in front of you and the masses buy it and all is well, for a while.
In a nutshell the REAL problems here in the U.S. came about when politics became a profession, then it boiled down to the two political parties fighting for the attention of the american public, well then it became no holds barred. As the process became more complex it was easier for them to hide their mistakes and lie to us. And with the power of the mass media, it became easy for politicians to win over the masses with charisma, who needs facts?
It makes me hang my head in shame to be such a pessimist, I'm really a fun loving guy, but we're all being duped here, today, right now, by our government, not the first time, not the last. It's not republican, it's not democrats, hell if they didn't have each other to fight with, they'd have to fight with us!
We can keep going around and around on how to fix it, sorry, that's not going to happen any time soon. We're going to end up in a real quagmire of social discontent first. then some hard lessons about humanity and self preservation, then, maybe we'll get back to some sort of civil discourse.
Like I say, sorry to be such a pessimist, but the foundation of our society will have to be rocked before any serious change will happen. Just take a look at history, funny how it repeats itself, but the masses never learn!
Murph'