We're living in a strange time.
This politico-economic system that a vast number has had so much faith in for so long (in spite of its glaring contradictions), is on the ropes. And what's stranger still is that the same class of folks who have always milked the system and jerked our chains are the same exact folks who have been put in charge to "rescue" this massive systemic failure!
President Obama, indubitably a great thinker, orator and charismatic leader who has inspired the world that anything is possible, is in many ways, like all the Presidents before him, a pawn to the powerful corporate entities as the TARP bailouts can attest to. The rise of the corporation has pretty much usurped/diffused the power of the people and as usual, we are left holding the vaseline. Electoral politics, no matter how persuasive and appealing, is quite shallow as it is built on the sandy shores of false promises.
Nothing short of a massive social upheaval/paradigm shift can reverse the charm and power of the sophisticated snake-oil salesmen with impressive degrees who command our industries and government. Martin Luther King, Ghandi, Nelson Mandela & Evo Morales all understood one thing: Power concedes NOTHING without the people taking it to the streets and going toe to toe with those who want to keep things as is. Persistence is key as caving into complacency is oh! so damn easy! Being creatures of comfort, we tend to go the route of least resistance even if doing so is against our collective interests--aint that the truth?
Read between the lines & follow the money & you will find the Puppet Masters who laughingly cast the shadows that seduce the world......
Peace
::MixMasterE::
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