Greetings good citizen,
In our ongoing series to highlight how we can change the world we discussed (briefly) the economic changes that need to be made in order to return society to prosperity.
What we didn’t do was touch upon the social ‘third rail’…not out of fear but due to the great degree of ‘ignorance’ that surrounds what politics should be about.
We have a landscape populated with starving, unemployed homeless people and all our politicians can talk about is gay marriage and gun control (along with Federal subsidies to get more cops and build new schools.)
Worse, politicians (and people with political ambitions) don’t see the need to change the conversation from what it was 200 years ago when the hot button was States rights Vs Federal rights.
Our new government, er, (bear with me) will be (as opposed to ‘should be') centered on Human rights.
How did our (Slaving) founders get it wrong? They had to avoid the issue of human rights so as not to offend the ‘monied interests’.
Worse, the founding of the US was seen as the birth of a ‘capitalist utopia’…which they rapidly learned would not work! But you have to give the capitalists credit, they are persistent if nothing else…(like intelligent, for example.)
Here it is two hundred years later and they are trying to pull the same stunt in China (which I predict will go horribly and catastrophically wrong.)
They tried to ‘capitalize’ the former Soviet Union and it blew up! (Just to give you an idea how toxic capitalism really is.)
So if capitalism is so toxic, how have we survived it for two hundred years?
Well, not all of us did. The death toll keeps rising as capitalism continues its death spiral.
Make no mistake about it, 99% of the murder rate is tied directly to capitalism.
And while it (again seems like) I am digressing, I am not. Capitalism is so ingrained in how we manage our society as to be inseparable.
And THAT is what I mean when I point to ‘ignorance in politics’.
Politicians regularly separate politics from commerce when, under capitalism, they are the same thing.
Ironically under A Simple Plan there are no politics…and political parties will be illegal.
I’ll go you one better, the ‘lie machine’ will be shut down too.
People who make their living molding public opinion will have to find a ‘real job’.
But now I digress, the ‘fourth estate’ is the subject of its own essay.
Under the new way of doing things we will have ‘direct democracy’…which means YOU will get to decide what is or isn’t illegal (within reason.)
Understand that our ‘leaders’, who will ‘earn’ their positions, will be in charge of the day to day business of keeping our society running. YOU will get to decide on the guidelines they’ll operate under.
Unlike today, leadership will NOT be in charge of the justice system. It will be an independent body charged with protecting society with a focus on preserving personal liberty.
These days money buys favorable legislation while ‘short-circuiting’ existing prohibitions. That will no longer be the case because we will not have ‘elected’ officials.
Our leaders will ‘win’ their positions by demonstrating they are the best candidate for the job via the tests!
Better! The tests are open TO ALL!* (Yeah, there is an exception that needs to be included here despite this being a far from definitive layout of A Simple Plan architecture.
(* You will not be permitted to test IF you are accused of an exile offense…and since false accusation is an exile offense we would hope nobody would bring such charges ‘frivolously’.)
IF we are to get ‘money’ out of the management of our society we need to put an end to political process designed to make candidates ‘beholden’ to the money interests.
And if we are to put human rights where they belong (number one) we must eliminate the influence of greed that routinely crushes compassion and understanding.
Spoken like a ‘true liberal’ wouldn’t you say?
Makes me wonder how many conservative heads explode reading my exhibits?
Because a true conservative doesn’t care about humanity or an uneven playing field, all a true conservative cares about is themselves.
Well our streets are full of hungry, homeless, unemployed people who are the ‘by-product’ of ‘compassionate conservatism’.
“We’re gonna end these folks suffering by farming out their jobs!”
Then we’ll cut their welfare and let them eat Democrats!
This, good citizen, is what ‘politics’ in the US has devolved into.
If you think it’s time for a change, I’m pointing the way.
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
PS. Just an observation but today's post on 2/12 is number 1212...coincidence?
And no I didn't take Sunday off to make it fit!
In our ongoing series to highlight how we can change the world we discussed (briefly) the economic changes that need to be made in order to return society to prosperity.
What we didn’t do was touch upon the social ‘third rail’…not out of fear but due to the great degree of ‘ignorance’ that surrounds what politics should be about.
We have a landscape populated with starving, unemployed homeless people and all our politicians can talk about is gay marriage and gun control (along with Federal subsidies to get more cops and build new schools.)
Worse, politicians (and people with political ambitions) don’t see the need to change the conversation from what it was 200 years ago when the hot button was States rights Vs Federal rights.
Our new government, er, (bear with me) will be (as opposed to ‘should be') centered on Human rights.
How did our (Slaving) founders get it wrong? They had to avoid the issue of human rights so as not to offend the ‘monied interests’.
Worse, the founding of the US was seen as the birth of a ‘capitalist utopia’…which they rapidly learned would not work! But you have to give the capitalists credit, they are persistent if nothing else…(like intelligent, for example.)
Here it is two hundred years later and they are trying to pull the same stunt in China (which I predict will go horribly and catastrophically wrong.)
They tried to ‘capitalize’ the former Soviet Union and it blew up! (Just to give you an idea how toxic capitalism really is.)
So if capitalism is so toxic, how have we survived it for two hundred years?
Well, not all of us did. The death toll keeps rising as capitalism continues its death spiral.
Make no mistake about it, 99% of the murder rate is tied directly to capitalism.
And while it (again seems like) I am digressing, I am not. Capitalism is so ingrained in how we manage our society as to be inseparable.
And THAT is what I mean when I point to ‘ignorance in politics’.
Politicians regularly separate politics from commerce when, under capitalism, they are the same thing.
Ironically under A Simple Plan there are no politics…and political parties will be illegal.
I’ll go you one better, the ‘lie machine’ will be shut down too.
People who make their living molding public opinion will have to find a ‘real job’.
But now I digress, the ‘fourth estate’ is the subject of its own essay.
Under the new way of doing things we will have ‘direct democracy’…which means YOU will get to decide what is or isn’t illegal (within reason.)
Understand that our ‘leaders’, who will ‘earn’ their positions, will be in charge of the day to day business of keeping our society running. YOU will get to decide on the guidelines they’ll operate under.
Unlike today, leadership will NOT be in charge of the justice system. It will be an independent body charged with protecting society with a focus on preserving personal liberty.
These days money buys favorable legislation while ‘short-circuiting’ existing prohibitions. That will no longer be the case because we will not have ‘elected’ officials.
Our leaders will ‘win’ their positions by demonstrating they are the best candidate for the job via the tests!
Better! The tests are open TO ALL!* (Yeah, there is an exception that needs to be included here despite this being a far from definitive layout of A Simple Plan architecture.
(* You will not be permitted to test IF you are accused of an exile offense…and since false accusation is an exile offense we would hope nobody would bring such charges ‘frivolously’.)
IF we are to get ‘money’ out of the management of our society we need to put an end to political process designed to make candidates ‘beholden’ to the money interests.
And if we are to put human rights where they belong (number one) we must eliminate the influence of greed that routinely crushes compassion and understanding.
Spoken like a ‘true liberal’ wouldn’t you say?
Makes me wonder how many conservative heads explode reading my exhibits?
Because a true conservative doesn’t care about humanity or an uneven playing field, all a true conservative cares about is themselves.
Well our streets are full of hungry, homeless, unemployed people who are the ‘by-product’ of ‘compassionate conservatism’.
“We’re gonna end these folks suffering by farming out their jobs!”
Then we’ll cut their welfare and let them eat Democrats!
This, good citizen, is what ‘politics’ in the US has devolved into.
If you think it’s time for a change, I’m pointing the way.
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
PS. Just an observation but today's post on 2/12 is number 1212...coincidence?
And no I didn't take Sunday off to make it fit!
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