Adventures in My Mind
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Aug 6, 2007
A Hank Monday
Over the weekend, I found myself in a funk over the deplorable state of American democracy. Lies, grandstanding, graft, demagoguery, obfuscation, theft, cronyism, intentional ignorance, and duplicity have, I think, once and for all replaced the hope, freedom, and brotherhood embodied in the Constitution and the spirit of this nation. I sprinted from my usual state of simmering indignance to a quiet melancholy at the thought that the system is broken and now, finally, beyond repair.
Political and citizen action may, on occasion, work to create change; but, for the most part, we who have less are now and for always at the mercy of the whims of those who have more. This is so because they do not have the ability to recognize our humanity. We are strangers to whom they have no connection. We don't shop in the same stores. Our children don't go to the same schools. We don't share the same concerns and worries. They are motivated by profit and power, while we are motivated by survival and subsistence. They can't see us any better than they see the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi's who have perished in the name of so-called freedom.
We are liabilities to the status quo. We are to be regulated and controlled while markets are to be free and unfettered. We are resources to be exploited. They, their agendas, and well-connected friends are investments to be nurtured.
So, yes, I was in a funk. I wanted out of it so I turned to Henry Rollins. It wasn't long before my normal simmering indignance burst through my woebegone state. I found particular comfort in these videos:And still I wasn't where I wanted to be. So for more inspiration, I turned to Bill Shatner. Seriously.
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