American Revolution II: Taking the USA Back from the Suits

In the goings-on of the past week on Capitol Hill, something very obvious has hit me: the government does not seem to be very much in line with the will of the people. Granted, there's a lot of debate to be had over whether the will of the people is actually good for the people and if the gov't is or is not carrying that out. However, my observation/reasoning operated off the idea that the people who are in Washington calling all the shots really are not closely related to the typical working class American. It's as if they're bred in secrecy, away from the masses in ornate caves called "mansions", and once they reach maturity, are released not into society, but into a cushy little do-nothing corporate job where they can be fast-tracked to the top once Daddy's bought their Ivy-League degree. Once there, they only work to add zeros to their income, no matter the cost. Fire this, acquire that, sell these stocks by this date, insert this politician into pocket.

Not every politician is in a pocket and not every politician has a background in big business, but the ones who seem to have any say or are given any kind of media attention must be. There are honest men and women in Washington, but they're ignored because they don't play the game. The media get away with this by portraying themselves as people who can relate to us and go through the same things we do. It's all an act. Take The Today Show, for instance. All those cooking segments, the latest in fall fashion, and interviews with everyday people about the election all make it look like it's a perfect portrait of America. This must really be what's going on. Yeah, some of it is. It's not a sin of commission that I'm faulting the media for. It's the sin of omission that's the problem. What we don't know is hurting us.

Think about it. The media are controlled by huge corporations that are downright ruthless when it comes to the bottom line. Those corporations operate by consumer spending. So of course they're going to program their media outlets to send you information that will benefit them. So what if they don't tell the truth? They're not accountable to anybody...except the consumer. Even then, if the consumer found out something sinister, chances are they could be bought or distracted enough to forget about it quickly before things get out of hand. If that wasn't enough, just hire a somebody to take care of them. If anyone from justice or law enforcement finds out, buy them or have them taken care of.

The American people are naïve to think they really have a say in what happens in their country anymore. We just blindly assume that the corporate sector somehow neatly stays in its place and out of government affairs, but I don't think it does because there's nothing to stop it. It looks like there are measures are in place to do that, but how do we really know if those measures are being enforced? We might as well assume that GM, GE, and Exxon-Mobil are the three branches of government. Just ask yourself one thing: "Do the corporations have the power to control America?" Yes. Yes, they do.

Seriously...we have really been taken on a ride. We think we can control a country with the likes of these huge corporations with a vote? A vote really is worth more than money? An American's vote is more powerful than their dollar? Crazy. I'm going to try that at lunch tomorrow. I'm going to go to Taco Bell, order me a baja beef chalupa (maybe even the #6 with a Dew), and pull up to the drive thru window and hand them my vote. Doesn't cost me anything but my time, which is okay. Time's a small sacrifice when you consider how it was used to keep the country running and stuff like that.

The kind of change these bozos are teasing us with is something they're not capable of delivering single-handedly. Not only that, but the American people really don't know how much the change they really need would actually cost. We think it'll just come to us for free if we vote for it. No sacrifice needed.

My question is this: do we let the suits keep running this country by buying their goods and services and supporting their puppets in Washington or do we take up arms and take back our country?