The failure of any organization is a direct reflection of the failure in leadership within that organization. Unfortunately, that failure falls to us, the American people for choosing that leadership.
While we know why the government shut down, we the people are partly to blame. Too many people don't take the time to educate themselves before casting their ballots. We have become lazy. We have come to rely too much on what we see and hear on the boob tube. It's very easy for all of us to complain about the horrible job the government is doing, but we are the ones who voted them into their current legislative positions.
Let this government shutdown be a wake up call to America. We need to take control of the government, not be controlled by the government. And until we take the time to educate ourselves before voting, we have failed to do our job.
Within the blog, Understanding American Politics, a post titled "The Blame Game" attempts to address the root of why the United Stated Federal Government has "shutdown". Her core reasoning is that the elected officials are not to blame. That the persons sponsored to perform their duty are not to blame. Rather, you and I are to blame.
ReplyDeleteAfter all, it is "we the people" who have ascended officials to their office. Their dysfunction is only representative of the dysfunction that citizens create through the ballot box. While it is touching to witness earnest concern and desire for accountability, Ms. Viramontes is misguided.
The very act of voting violates harmony and order. Voting is advocacy of who gets to rummage through the trough of extorted money (taxes). Voting is where a master is chosen to impose rules what people can do, say, and consume. Not everyone agrees on the same master, or what rules the master should create.
This creates a hostile system where everyone is fighting to be in charge--is fighting to command others to obey their decisions. Voting is what divides us, because it guarantees losers. Instead of a society that lives and associates freely, everyone is impressed into a system where they are forced to obey.
The problem isn't that politicians are fighting to control power and money. This is explicitly what politicians are elected to do. The problem is that we are forced to elect anyone at all. Ms. Viramontes does finish with strength, as knowledge is the foundation on which any free society is built. Her words are overall sympathetic, and a viewpoint that is worth discussion and exploration.