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Is Traditional Politics Dead?

by jackdeal

We Americans are a selfish bunch often becoming "patriotic" only
when it helps our pocketbook.

Our vote has become a self interest vote which is part of
democracy's strength and also part of its weakness.  The poor
vote one way and the rich another; the poor vote hoping to get a
free piece and the rich vote to keep all of their pieces and not
have to share any.   Or something like that.

The undecided straddling the middle cast the swing votes; they
hope to give a little and get a little and not take too big of an
overall hit.

The neither rich nor poor get caught square in the middle or
"middle class" as it is often called.   The Twilight Zone might
be a more appropriate name.

For example.  When a politician promises to create jobs they
neglect to tell their uninformed electorate that government does
not and cannot create jobs.   Taxing Peter to "create" a job for
Paul is not job creation but a form of legalized theft.

It's called bad government and it's not what government does
well and it is simply untrue to say that it does.

Entrepreneurs create jobs. Government can only create and
maintain the economic conditions that help entrepreneurs create
jobs.

What we don't hear are politicians encouraging entrepreneurs;
politicians just increase the cost of doing business.
Subsequently entrepreneurs usually see government as setting up
obstacles rather than creating positive economic conditions. Is
this surprising?

So when politicians tell you bad trade agreements are
responsible for your company going bankrupt and your losing your
job, they are fooling the foolish.

An uninformed electorate is supposedly a bad electorate but
opportunist politicos love it when voters are not able to think
and reason for themselves.  Or just don't know.

In this air of non-traditional patriotism stockholders and
industry want a bail out when things fail.   Bankrupt homeowners
want a bail out when they speculate and lose.   The educational
system wants more money yet continues to be out of step with the
educational needs of a modern, technological society.

Are you better off now than four years ago?  The question
implies that if you aren't better off now you can vote for
Politician X and that will change.   Like it or not, the truth of
the matter is that government has become increasingly irrelevant
in the modern world.

The two meaningful parties in the U.S. have the electorate
fooled into thinking we are fighting for our very own selfish
interests.   What they neglect to say is the pact they have with
each other is commonly called "gridlock" and is somehow supposed
to represent our best interests, checks and balances and all that
good stuff.  Really?

The liberal lie is "You can have a bigger slice of the pie if
you vote for me."  The conservative lie is "let's not change
anything because that way we benefit the most and above all else
we don't want to give that up that relative status."

Neither side is very willing to help the general populace as
they are already committed to helping their own focused support
base.   That is how they raise money, get elected and the turn
the proverbial worm.

Of course as societies become self-centered and greedy they
become weak, corrupt and hasten their own downfall.   We may not
want to believe this depressing news but there has never been an
example otherwise.

But the politicians simply don't care as seen by their actions. 
Theirs is a short term vision just as the CEO's is for the next
quarter.  The only time the politicos ever go into the factories
and machine shops and diners is at election time.

What we have created is a gridlocked, cultural sporting event
compromise instead of looking at what is best for America.  This
is what we wanted; should we be surprised we have gotten it?

What America needs is not the false hope of a government induced
comfort zone but a government that challenges its electorate and
creates opportunities for all to do better.   Doing better is
what America does best or at least in the traditional sense of
patriotism.

But we get what we deserve and we deserve some of the
politicians we get.  Those politicians like to keep us confused.

Shame on all those politicians.  But bigger shame on us.  We can
clearly see that social evolution has exceeded government's and
politics' ability to respond.   By nature government and
politicians are reactive and not strategic.

And in a rapidly changing world increasingly irrelevant.

Jack Deal is the owner of JD Deal Promotional Marketing, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, CA. <a href="http://www.jddeal.com">Related
articles</a>may be found at http://www.jddeal.com/blog/politics
and http://www.freeandinquiringmind.typepad.com

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