The arrogance of the aristocracy is one common thread throughout history.
Whether it is of the social structure of royalty, of castes, of economy, or, as in the case of the United States today, that of power.
Specifically, the political and/or economic power available and used by our political “aristocracy”.
The enormous power that is taken unto themselves with the mantle of public office or high corporate position along with the walls of immunity provided either by enormous wealth or high office also contributes to their feelings of omnipotence and complete “rightness”.
Their world narrows down to an insular game of move and countermove, interminable power ploys, chess moves and Old Boys Club One-up-manship as old as politics itself.
They exist in their insular world of the rich and powerful so far removed from the hoi polloi that they generally consider the rest of the population as little more than pieces to be moved where they will or cattle to be herded with no regard for the feelings or wishes of said cattle.
Witness the recent passage of the “Hellth Care Initiative”.
Even the polls of the Liberal Media stated clearly that no less than 70% of the people the this country did not want the thing to pass. Felt it is/was wrong for the country and disastrous for the health care industry.
And what happened?
They passed it anyway.
Why?
Because they feel themselves to be
A. Better informed than Joe Six Pack.
B. Smarter than just about anybody who has to work for a living.
C. Possessed of a divine right to rule over the masses.
D. Certain that the rest of the population is just not quite competent enough to wipe their own Noses without “aristocratic” help and guidance.
E. All of the above.
And why should they not feel this way.
Do we not allow them to continue this same pattern even after decades of this behavior and oppression of civil rights?
Do we not allow them to erect and hide behind legal walls of judicial immunity that protect them from any consequences of their own actions or programs?
The answer, my friend, Is blowing in the wind. Our trials and tribulations are SELF INFLICTED.
Even though we were unaware that we were doing this terrible thing to ourselves and our posterity, we, as a nation, did this to ourselves in the name of peace and security giving over control of our lives and properties to a government only too eager to take these controls from us and “ease the burden”.
First, allowing the government to take over the education of our children and their children.
We were obviously too busy to be bothered with it, but everybody knows kids have to get educated, so let the government provide the place and the personnel to do our job for us.
And now we reap the whirlwind of our own distraction and inattention.
More on this later.
