The Corruption Of America

Oliver K. Manuel in the comments at Climate Etc. alerted me to this post about the Corruption Of America.

These problems manifest themselves in different ways across institutions in all parts of our society. But at their root, they are simply facets of the same stone. They are all part of the same essential problem.

The corruption of America isn’t happening in one part of our country… or in one type of institution. It is happening across the landscape of our society, in almost every institution. It’s a kind of moral decay… a kind of greed… a kind of desperate grasp for power… And it’s destroying our nation.

Say. Didn’t I write something about that just hours ago? Yes, I did.

I had some hope that Palin might do something about it. But she seems to have retired from politics. The best thing I can see to do for now is to just let go and wait for the pain levels to rise. The collapse to become harder. The point where people are willing to listen. While I’m waiting you can ponder this:

The love of Government (aka Power) is the root of all evil.

I might add that the biggest government corruption I know if is Narco Dollar Recycling.


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3 responses to “The Corruption Of America”

  1. […] then this morning I’m reading a bit on corruption in America (I already blogged it at The Corruption Of America) and what do you know? The biggest corruption going on – narco corruption – is not even […]

  2. bob sykes Avatar
    bob sykes

    Collapse is not in the offing. What is is the creation of a totalitarian socialistic dictatorship. What form it will take (Nazi, Fascist, Communist) is not entirely predictable. As in the historical socialist dictatorships, the coming horror will have the support of a majority of the people and the military.

    The Vaclav Havel’s of the world are extremely. Rare. Note how little mourning in our rulers and their mouthpieces.

    Merry Christmas

  3. Simon Avatar
    Simon

    Bob,

    Thanks! And a Merry Christmas to you.

    What I find amusing/disconcerting about the current situation is that the very people who should know better are egging it on.

    As far as I can tell the thinking goes like this: “I am a principled person. But I believe THIS ISSUE (take your pick) is so important that a little violation of principle is worth the risk.”

    And it may be so for that issue. But when everyone plays the game you wind up with no principles.

    I was that way about the Iraq War. And I was so into it that I didn’t pay much heed to what else our government was doing. Intentionally.

    Well. The War was won. For which I am glad. But now the bill has become due. I will pay for my bad example. And it was not as if I shut up. I just focused less frequently on other issues. Ah. Well.

    We grow too soon old and too late schmart.