Nevertheless...
Despite exceptionally keen aspirations for any fate but trudging through ceaseless morasses of excrement fueled ignorance...
Let's cut through the bullshit and recognize the truth...
In Ignorance We Stand
Apparently...
Somewhere between public and private education and somewhen between undergraduate and graduate matriculation...
We lost sight of the real world.
Instead we prattle about democracy as if the amorphous happily ever after oft aspired by drab fairy tale heroes and heroines is indeed our democracy.
Needless to say, let's leave the yellow brick road...
(Verily the longer we tread a road within a reality fabricated by a wizard behind a curtain - the further from reality we inevitably diverge.)
Because reality is here.
Where democracy is as democratic as processed garbage is 'nutritious' per deem by processed garbage makers. Which is to say: no amount of deeming democracy democratic makes democracy democratic in the real world.
Somewhere between public and private education and somewhen between undergraduate and graduate matriculation...
We lost sight of the real world.
Instead we prattle about democracy as if the amorphous happily ever after oft aspired by drab fairy tale heroes and heroines is indeed our democracy.
Needless to say, let's leave the yellow brick road...
(Verily the longer we tread a road within a reality fabricated by a wizard behind a curtain - the further from reality we inevitably diverge.)
Because reality is here.
Where democracy is as democratic as processed garbage is 'nutritious' per deem by processed garbage makers. Which is to say: no amount of deeming democracy democratic makes democracy democratic in the real world.
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Democracy is vaunted because we assume that idealized democracy is real democracy.
Despite ideals never being real...
(Hence the indisputable difference between the two - in reality and by definition.)
Somehow we believe our idealized democracy is.
As if our democracy and our democracy alone, among all permutations of governances of societies across time immemorial, is inviolably impervious to any and all human errors and frailties.
Period.
(Despite the reality, that, much like idealized communism, idealized democracy is no more immune from real greed for money, wealth, power, and influence than any ideal institution of any human kind any where any when.)
As if our democracy and our democracy alone, among all permutations of governances of societies across time immemorial, is inviolably impervious to any and all human errors and frailties.
Period.
(Despite the reality, that, much like idealized communism, idealized democracy is no more immune from real greed for money, wealth, power, and influence than any ideal institution of any human kind any where any when.)
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Even when purportedly 'democratic' realities are patently not democratic...
If enough institutions and surrogates and whomevers bluster and bombast otherwise...
It's nigh impossible to ignore the bullhorns that corral the herds into pledging allegiance to ignorance in outright defiance of the
TRUTH.
TRUTH.
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Remember:
The Power of Peaceful Dissent (tvfs)?
Armchair Nuggets from the Sidelines (tvfs)?
and every post since (tvfs)?
The Power of Peaceful Dissent (tvfs)?
Armchair Nuggets from the Sidelines (tvfs)?
and every post since (tvfs)?
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Alas...
We are relentlessly bombarded and vigorously assaulted by every asshat from here to Oz...
With attestations that purportedly 'democratic' realities are democratic by mere virtue of deem so.
As if... wearing asses for hats confers irrefutable authorities and unconditional expertises regarding what constitutes real democracies in the real world otherwise impossible to ascertain from wearing our own minds unblinded by ignorance, untethered by intolerance, and unobfuscated by conflicts of pecuniary interest.
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Needless to say...
This persistent propaganda, for lack of a better word, is not only ridiculous as presumptive...
(Surely only presumptions of our collective stupidity warrant such dissemination of inanity.)
This persistent propaganda, is incontrovertibly contrary to the unequivocal missive of a society that richly and meaningfully values and empowers its citizens...
To be free to be well informed...
To be free to think...
To be free to act...
Within the confines of the laws of our land.
(Notwithstanding the freedom to be unsubjected as a whole to misinformation and distortion of realities and truths by institutions and surrogates who appoint themselves as establishments of veracious information and honest knowledge by no qualification whatsoever beyond mere deem so. Not least of whom are professed liars of industries renown for obfuscating truths pursuant to agendas of self interest and greed.)
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The truth?
Insofar as there are no real tangible penalties for warping democracy to further self interest and greed...
(Especially insofar as self interest and greed serve the interests of institutions and surrogates who profiteer from exploitation at the expense of all... for the few.)
This is how democracies function in the real world... including our own.
For every good ostensibly effected by laws of the land...
Countermandates are also effected by laws of the land...
Because the freedom to exercise self interest and pursue greed, comes at a price:
... mutuus et aequum for all... for the few.
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This isn't a civics lesson on the intricate workings of democracies.
Why not?
Because we don't need civics lessons to understand human nature.
Insofar as all of us understand human nature...
Surely all of us recognize that those who can manipulate democracies to further their agendas of self interest and greed do.
Including... by the most popular means of all...
Promises, promises, promises... reneged for greed, greed, greed.
Time and time and time again.
Surely all of us realize that those who can manipulate democracies to further their agendas of self interest and greed with impunity...
Will continue to do so...
Until we cease taking promise givers at their word...
(As if persistently clinging to naivete... assures the words of promise givers and assures the promises of promise givers... despite the testimony of reality itself.)
(As if persistently clinging to naivete... assures the words of promise givers and assures the promises of promise givers... despite the testimony of reality itself.)
And hold promise givers accountable.... for not putting our interests ahead of their own... and our good ahead of their greed.
PERIOD.
- M.
See also:
Promises, Promises, Promises (tvfs)
Turnabout of Honesty (tvfs)
Choosing Sides Is Choosing War (tvfs)
For The Win (tvfs)
etc.
See also:
Promises, Promises, Promises (tvfs)
Turnabout of Honesty (tvfs)
Choosing Sides Is Choosing War (tvfs)
For The Win (tvfs)
etc.
Media and politicians will tell you that drugs and extremism are at the heart of the ills of society and the world. Nothing is farther from the truth as nothing more fundamentally causes the ills of our society then that of stupidity, ignorance, greed, power-mongering, and fame. Maybe we should stop testing people for drugs and allegiance and start testing for these other things.
ReplyDeleteSocial media is at its best when it can tap into one of the seven deadly sins - and avoid taking any accountability for the constant loop of greed, intolerance, and separation that it promotes.
ReplyDeleteNot all social media is based on the seven deadly sins, some have helped to get things out there that might not otherwise been seen; and to give the voiceless a platform to speak.
DeleteWe don't live in a world of absolutes - so it reasons that even from sin - good things can happen every once and a while - but it does not negate the fact that social media is often grounded in - envy - greed - pride - gluttony - wrath - and lust.
DeletePromises without accountability to uphold them are nothing more than lies from the greatest of bad kind. These greatest of band kind, you think you understand where they are coming from. You think that they believe they're doing the right thing for all and that it doesn't matter if they fail to fulfill one promise here or one promise there. But what you don't see is that one promise unfulfilled due to greed, self-interest, power, or fame then becomes two and then four and then eight and then sixty-four and so on before you realize that they have no intention of ever keeping a promise to you or doing what is right.
ReplyDeleteAt the heart of each promise made by the elite are beliefs that one knows best what those who are lesser need - or that any promise made to the lesser do not require them to be kept because the lesser are unworthy of accountability. To compound it the elite view the lesser as ignorant and easily distracted by - fame, greed, and shiny things. For those that don't become distracted - or demonstrate the intelligence to challenge or threaten the elite's greed, power, or fame - well they are dealt with in ways that show how the elite really think about those of lesser. Watch the speeches given - and watch the faces as they give them - you'll see what the elite really think. And this will not change - until we come together and stop letting them treat us as lesser - and robbing of us of a rich and vibrant world.
ReplyDeleteThe elite make promises, and yes some of them are not kept, but they are always made with the most noble of intent to keep them. Some are casualties of the common good, others sound great but become things that the voters move on from, and still others are just nothing more than the necessary evils needed to get to a position where one can help make a difference for those who have no voice in the system. And one should remember that sometimes the elite must share power with others and that diminishes their ability to keep their promises. Calling for the elite to be held accountable when their world is complex and full of mines is naive at best. Of course, you are an elite also, are you not? How many promises have you not kept, or is it easy to keep your promises because you choose to live a life of only serving your man and your children instead of the greater good? Maybe you should stick with that instead of writing about things that you turned your back on?
ReplyDeleteIt appears to me - that you only skim articles - that way you can read only that which you want to read. And is it not easy to make promises - when they are so ill defined that they are - meaningless - therefore you don't have to keep them.
DeleteI see a lot of vacant excuses - a sure fire indication of a useless windbag who refuses to take accountability for their words, their actions, and their promises. Maybe, just maybe, if you stood for something, anything, other than power, greed, fame, and the advancement of the elite you would be able to see what the common good actually is. Of course that would involve taking your head - out of your ass.
Delete@HillsOverNew: You hardly have any room to talk love considering your two favorite slogans are: Silly common folk, laws are for the poor people - and - My values are my foundations, nothing will ever change them, however on your particular issue - my thinking has evolved after careful thinking and I am ready to change my values to meet your donation.
DeleteIs it just me or is @HillsOverNew deeply afraid of the word accountability?
DeleteI grow weary of the articles where media and others attribute someone's likeability to their label - especially when it comes to contests of power, fame, and greed. Let's be honest and real here - few things kill likeability as quickly as arrogance, entitlement, snobbery, or disdain for lesser. People who are truly likeable leaders don't act as if they they're so much better than you - or they are smarter - or you are beneath them. They don't act like their money, their fame, or their title of prestige and power puts them on a a pedestal. They see leadership as a way to help others, to better all, and to make the world a better place. Many of these leaders take accountability and attempt to ensure that there is transparency for all - not just the elite. Sadly - this is not a year - where we have one of those leaders - and the media - the elite - the powerful - the famous - are more disinclined as ever to hold themselves accountable for the promises that they are making - the lies that they are slinging - or the harms that they are making.
ReplyDeleteWhen the media endorses a political candidate - where is the accountability and impartiality in the press?
ReplyDeleteWhen the media is owned by a corporation who donates millions and receives special consideration from a politician - where is the accountability and impartiality in the press?
Regardless of your views of freedom of the press - what happens when our "free" press becomes nothing more than a mouthpiece to corporations, political parties, and the elite? The answer is the truth and facts become relative and only important when they benefit the elite.
And what happens when the majority of us no longer question - no longer desire to hold others accountable? Well, we become the problem - no different then the elite - the main difference is they are making millions of the poor and the poor is blissfully going along.
How is it that Pete Williams can have his journalistic career ended for lying when most of the rest of the media do it everyday? Or do we hold lies of omission to a different standard than normal lies?
DeleteI think you mean... Brian Williams... but your point is valid...
DeleteIn a land where press and government are separate - press should never be allowed to endorse a candidate for government. But of course - this assumes that press was still autonomous from government individuals and the corporations that fund them which is no longer the case in most places. The end result is that the press is "incentivized" to act in a manner that disregards the truth and furthers the goals of the companies and donors to do anything to ensure that their candidate wins. And for those that attempt to speak out - offer a contrary view point - the press and others spend more energy on silencing the truth seekers than be exposed as the frauds and corruptly vacant organizations they have become.
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