Once it was Simple

Being asked to write an original critique of the American government seems almost impossible without creating a novel. So many challenges face this nation and its government, both currently and in the past; and certainly in the future.  This system of democracy has seen its shining moments of exemplary performance, but is not without black marks of utter failure. Health care, environment, oil, global warming, the economy, Iraq, social security, taxes, farm animal cruelty, over population, immigration, China; the list goes on and on.

However, this government has had but one predominant reoccurring flaw that only becomes increasingly more noticeable as time goes on: the ability to do something. Certainly there is an answer to many of these problems, (not that everyone would be satisfied of course) but plausible solutions that could hold the support of at least most of everyone. But sadly, just as one plus one does not equal four, a government without problem solving capacity does not equal results; and obviously a system not designed to make changes cannot correct itself in that way. But this is democracy; a nation ran by the people for the people, right? Shouldn’t the public be able to take notice of such a fundamental flaw and swiftly and decisively correct it? How simple that would be, but of course they don’t want that, they want the public to stay dumb and obedient servers of consumption. They are not vague notions of some made up group used to justify an invalid point, we all know who they are, we talk about them, we know their effect on the population and their participation in the growing gap between the classes; but no matter how much we know, we let them to continue to gamble away our freedoms and rights with big red, white, and blue poker chips and dumb grins. They are the people that have purchased our Senate, Supreme Court Judges, and the president. Any bells ringing yet? IBM, General Moters, Exxon-Mobil, etc. and of course our government itself, or the people the head them you could say. Big business, big corporation, we know what’s going on, there’s no attempt to hide it anymore because of one fatal truth: NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEM! Every fat, lazy, debt ridden, obsessive consumer afflicting this country is going to continue to do just that, while they sob crocodile tears about their b.s. jobs and depressing lifestyles and say “someone should do something about all this”. However, they’re not entirely wrong in feeling helpless against the never ending stream of undecipherable legislature that makes up our system. And clearly the lower class is not responsible for the extreme ill-distribution of wealth; but alas… capitalism, once the healthy heart that gave life to the most powerful and innovative country has become riddled with disease, choking and crippling the very limbs it once fed.

We the people know the problems facing us, we the people HAVE the power to decide who we give power to, and we the people need to stop cluttering our minds with useless feeds of crap from television screens and shopping malls, so that we the people can take back our country.

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