Many of the people who really run the world, the "true believers," really feel they are doing the rest of us a service. Taking care of the tough decisions such as who lives and who dies and where and how the ones that live do so, so that we can stumble around in ignorant bliss, playing with our smart phones and believing in the political party of our choice. They make deals daily that gain them another billion and keep us comfortable enough to not notice we're sliding gradually into the third world. If necessary they'll prevent us from ever getting there, too. If necessary. The thing is, if we had the money and power, would we behave any better? Would we do what was right, or rationalize whatever we needed to in order to keep the power and money? Certainly we wouldn't let the people see our deals any more than the current people in power do. I don't have a lot of faith in anyone who has money and power. I mean REAL money and power. Bill Gates might donate some money to Africa, and pay a PR firm to make sure we know that, but what's he REALLY up to? We're learning what the major bankers were up to and even with laws on our side, we can't seem to do anything about it. I think this pretty much sums up how things really work.

Thursday, September 26th 2013