Changeocracy
By The Mighty KR.
November 28, 2011
Maybe it’s part of our basic humanity, but as a species, we want change. What type of change doesn’t matter, but we want it. Whether it be a change of the status quo or a change back to what we perceive as a better time, we strive to attain it. Or rather, we strive to have our elected officials attain it for us.
Every politician campaigns on the promise of change. They point out what’s wrong, ignore what’s right, and tell us more fairy tales than the Brothers Grimm. Then they win, and while in office they make a point to focus on the change they’ve managed to accomplish… until the electoral cycle starts anew, at which point the clock is reset, and once again everything is wrong, and the accomplishments are moot. This is our system, it is a beast, and the cyclical nature behind its existence ensures that there is always a harbinger of change in the shadows, waiting to fix what’s wrong.
Perhaps the biggest example of this would be Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, which cut the crap and made ‘CHANGE’ its motto. The campaign became all about change, and not much else. Sure, there was some substance to the campaign, but at the end of the day, it was like every other one. Maybe this is why I respected it: they went for one consistent lie instead of multiple lies that canceled each other out.
The worst part about the demand for change is that while it is possible to make the person happy, it’s impossible to satisfy the people. We will never be happy. We perpetuate the growth of a flawed system this way.
Like everyone else, I too want change. The problems of this world grow and it seems nothing is being done about them. But I also believe that no one person can actually make a different- rather groups of people united together to force it into reality.
I mean, the thought of expecting someone else to take care of it, even an elected leader, astounds me. I am not a small-government/no-government right-winger (in fact, I lean quite to the left), but I do accept that government cannot solve all of our problems for us. We have to do this for ourselves. So when you see a problem, don’t pay attention to the candidates when they tell you how they can fix it. Get up, and take real action.
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