I read a post concerning a very old theory of the lifespan of democracy. It describes stages of the eventual fall of democracies over a two hundred year span on average. It is linked down this page.

This was offered with no apparent answers, except a harangue over illegal immigration, and presumably, some kind of wake up call to arms. I expect some of that immigration is helping the profit bottom lines of many of those assumed to be the holier ones in the democratic cultures scenario as presented in the second list.

It goes on to list many sometimes irrelevant facts to create the impression that dependence on the government till, by unworthy types, spells doom for a culture. That may be true, but who you think is benefiting from the government; such as the military/industrial/congressional/corporate complex, is not on the apparent radar.

Instead, vast generalizations are offered that are open to argument over who meets which of the old theory’s stage progressions downward, and in what way. Get your eraser (NOT)!, cause it will not be mentioned. Nor is there a mention of corporate world hegemony growing ever more influential, to the extent that voting itself in many of the worlds democracies begins to seem futile to alter any direction a nations seems headed, except for inward nationalism or religious orthodoxy.

OF BOTTOM LINES AND TOWED ALONG BELIEFS

This now world wide competition, and at times collusion, of special wealth privilege and or religious interest, and their special influence over democracy; such as setting intellectual agendas and viability’s of ideas open for change, not a note. Not one iota of a hint that these forces, these now extra national forces, are themselves contouring democracy to suit their needs.

To read the spin of selected facts, some curious, and most open to interpretation by the philosophy you prefer, has a near panic atmosphere, generated by the stretched logic needed to construe a predictions fulfilment in print. (The sky may be falling, but there is a difference between rain and a cometary impact.) Odd things, like the number of states and land area won by Bush and Gore in 2000. As if land itself is voting.

Remember, in the whole presentation, it is never mentioned that Gore won the popular vote. That voters were selectively targeted to extinguish their chance of having a vote. Nor is it mentioned that the government under Bush is racking up a phenomenal government bill that we all must pay one way or the other. The war industry if profiting mightily, though at our expense. One way we will pay, may well be democracies collapse. Bias is best hidden right under ones own nose.

NO! THE OTHER WELFARE STATE SCAPEGOAT

How the poor are left in a poor state educationally and locationally, and most importantly, ignored in their psychological needs in regards to the country, is not there. The resulting existential plague of who is more worthy than who as human beings, is a good study in hidden bias as a revelation of cherry picked facts meant to fit a theory. (WE have been there as a nation. Still doing that.) Some of the assumed more glorious phases of our democracy did not allow women and Blacks to vote, even allowed for the old fashioned form of slavery. Abstractions can be a handy place to keep just what I like.

That the poor are, now as ever, a necessary scapegoat and recruiting pool for undesirable and underpaid work to benefit the few, is of course missing in action. These are my points of view pertaining to what was left out of the two specious, yet easily manipulative list.

That said; here is the post of loaded and slanted philosophical notions about who is a deserving citizen.

I better give you that post; Fwd: This is an eye opener

Eye opener indeed.

If that opened my eyes to its world view, might have well put the coins back over them. Otherwise, while I am alive, you can wake me up when honest to goodness human truth is being presented, and not cognitive dissonance embedded in reaction to insecurity proped up fear.

We are not apathetic as a nation, because we are fat and weak from the government tax and spend till. Apathy is more likely the byproduct of those who see their votes repeatedly add up to nothing, even when they win.

COUNT ME IN?

Now we do not now know if our votes are even counted anymore. Not with the absolute certainty at least approachable with a paper trail. I do not know how well a democracy can survive when one party just tried to gain permanence, let alone that money determines much of any candidates exposure in the long run. What of our candidates actual “right” to lie? “I implore you not to look behind the curtain! I am the great and powerful, decider?”

Power interest is as power interest does. Wake up and smell the reality of who controls information and why we are so uniformed of our countries (actually special interest) actions in the world. Until we are shocked out of complacency by the blow-back of that ignorance of the world, and fall into another reactive cycles quagmire.

I do not need theories and questionable list to vote. I need the honest truth!