DANGERS OF A POLITICAL
PARTY
THE NEED FOR RICO ACTION
NOT EVERY COIN HAS TWO SIDES
What’s good for the
goose isn’t always good for the gander.
Perhaps
it was the ancient philosopher, Confucius, who said, “Every coin has two sides.” Maybe someone else has claimed credit, but I
digress. Certainly the meaning of this
ancient quote is that there are advantages [pros]
and disadvantages [cons] to every
decision, thing, and even thought. As
we’ll see later, such is not always the case.
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NOT EVERY COIN HAS TWO SIDES
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For
example: I
own an electric hybrid car. That’s a car
which runs on pure electricity, pure gasoline, or a combination of both simply by
pushing a button on the dashboard.
Surely my car is similar to that ‘coin with
two sides’.
I do
most of my commuting and run most of my errands in the electric mode. In my part of the country electricity costs 8
cents per kilowatt hour which means I can drive my car 20 miles on 48 cents
worth of electricity. When I venture
farther from home and my car uses up its electricity it goes into the ‘auto’ [hybrid] mode. With an enjoyable duty cycle of 50/50 [the car switches from gasoline to electricity and back every
5 highway miles] which gives me terrific mileage. In this mode I get about 70mpg.
Okay,
these are the pros of owning this car.
Let’s get to the cons: As cars and trucks have become ‘computers on wheels’ my car surely stands at the
head of the line for being complex, over-engineered, and potentially
nightmarishly expensive to repair in case of failure or break down. Electric motors, laser beams, mini-slave
computers, a hi-tech 4 cylinder fuel injected twin turbo gasoline engine,
sensors galore, and a fairly hostile learning curve for the driver make this
car a frightening prospect in the event of repair.
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MY CAR ‘THE COIN’
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Let’s
sum up ‘the coin’ of my car. It’s a pleasure to drive and handles
well. It has plenty of power and costs
pennies a day to run. I probably put in a
gallon of gasoline a month to keep the car topped off. Con: I must
use only premium grade gasoline [$5.60 per gallon]
because only it stores well in the tank.
As long as my car behaves I have the very best of all worlds especially
with gasoline at an all time ‘Biden-induced’
high of over $5 a gallon.
So I’ve
rambled on and on about my car, let’s get down to the brass tacks of this
discussion today. I see political
parties as heavily-weighted cons in American life. The very existence of political parties
endangers the American political system.
Both
of our major political parties are corrupt beyond belief and those who register
with these political parties generally have no idea of just what they’re
letting themselves in for.
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THEY’VE NO IDEA WHOM THEY ARE
VOTING FOR
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It’s
the nature of man to be lazy whenever occasion provides. It’s the nature of man to let others do the
heavy lifting whenever occasion provides.
It’s the nature of man to live with his head in the sand leaving
virtually every decision of life to others whenever occasion provides. This nature is as much our enemy as the
political parties themselves. Political
parties prey on the nature of man as described in the previous paragraphs.
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THEY PREY ON VOTER IGNORANCE
& APATHY
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The US is governed by two parties,
Democrat and Republican. Any other
political parties are insignificant blips on the radar screen, crumbs on the
table, so I won’t even discuss them here.
Republicans and Democrats have, over the centuries, organized to such an
extent that their very existence now poses a threat to the people whom they
claim to represent. They have become
‘mini-governments’ themselves.
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POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE BECOME
MINI-GOVERNMENTS
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Following
human nature as described earlier, the existence of a political party allows
the voter to delegate responsibility to the party without even a second thought. The voter steps into the booth on Election Day
looking for the letter [D] or [R] so they can colour in ‘the right
boxes’ or flip ‘the right levers’.
They have no idea of the character or record of the person they are
voting for, but simply vote by party as their parents, grandparents, great
grandparents, and so have done. For
them, voting by party has become a tradition, even an ingrained behaviour pattern.
Weren’t
the people of Idaho shocked when they
overwhelmingly voted [R] for their governor only to find him far more in the
[D] camp than they imagined. Rightly
named a RINO [Republican In Name Only] he
has ascended to the highest seat in the state and continues to enact policies
far more similar to those of what a [D] governor would have enacted. This is a shameful error of the people but,
as we know, voters have what they deserve in government.
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BY AND LARGE, WE DESERVE WHAT
WE GET
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So,
with political parties dominating the elections of the nation and people
bleating like sheep, what can we do in order to raise the quality of those
people in elected office? The answer is
simple: Ban Political Parties.
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BAN ALL POLITICAL
PARTIES/ORGANIZATIONS
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Legal
punishments should exist for anyone engaging in organized political activities
such as Democrat or Republican Conventions.
The very existence of these erstwhile criminal organizations should be
prosecuted under RICO [Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act] statute. This would bring about a marvellous turn of
events, those being that those who vote would now have to give some thought [however
little] to whom it is they will vote for.
No
longer would Cletus and Bobby Jo be able to zoom through a ballot sheet in a
matter of seconds. They would be forced
to read at a level above that which simply allows them to see a single letter. They would have to search the ballot sheet
for someone they trust or at least believe to be the ‘least worst’ of choices. Wow!
Certainly
such a world would eliminate untold thousands [millions?]
from voting, but that would be a good thing.
I mean, if you’re too lazy or too stupid to become even slightly vetted
in your knowledge of those running for office you really needn’t pollute our
system of government with your lazy or moronically simplistic outlook on
life. If you’re that stupid, ignorant,
or lazy then nobody cares what you want or think! Elections would naturally begin to lean in
the direction of those who give even an iota of thought to whom they should
choose to lead.
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NOBODY CARES WHAT YOU WANT OR
THINK!
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I
will hearken back to Idaho’s governor as an
example. Had the people been forced to
vote for a name and not a letter, this man would never have won the primary election. For that matter, there would be no need for a
primary election at all. Idaho is a largely Republican
state, and the voters vote overwhelmingly for the letter [R] candidates in
every election. This means that, having
won the Republican Primary Election he’s a shoe-in for governor in the November
election.
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THERE WOULD BE NO NEED FOR
PRIMARY ELECTIONS
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Herein
is the rub:
The governor of Idaho turned out to be a bald-faced
liar. When he was running for office in
his first election he made a slew of promises [never
intending to keep any of them] among which was his primary plank;
that of eliminating the sales tax on groceries and medications. Yes, Idaho actually taxes its residents
for the very necessities of life, food and drugs.
What
you are looking at here is a man who openly challenged the intellect, memory,
and needs of the people aware of their ineptness, apathy, and ignorance, and
swept into office because people voted for a letter, not a man. This ‘man of the letter’
was able to run for office, and now re-election, backed by a ‘RICO-like’ political
party. With them as his
backers the corruption of government in this small and relatively insignificant
state will most assuredly continue to grow like a virus and further infect the
lives and livelihoods of the people in that doomed state.
Presidents,
Senators, Congressmen, Governors, Sheriffs, Mayors and more have found their
way to the top of the heap through affiliation with these political
parties. As long as parties rule the
roost, the chickens will vote for them, and all will suffer.
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THIS COIN HAS ONLY ONE SIDE
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Strong
evidence would suggest this pertaining to federal, even presidential, elections
as well. An ignorant, apathetic, and
lazy electorate are quite probably what brought ‘Bumbling
Joe Biden’ into office as President of the world’s most powerful
nation. We must ban and criminalize all
political organizations. In challenge to
the idea of Confucius, this coin has only one side!
I’m Max, and that’s the way I see it!
