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I’m going to start off by vowing not to reveal my own political affiliation, however, if you figure it out, congratulations-- you’re about as smart as the politicians about which I’m going to be writing.
Disclaimer out of the way, I am going to be highlighting the reason why I do not like politics.
Keep in mind; I did not say I do not like government. Government is needed to a degree.
Politics and government, as pertains to this commentary, are defined as follows:
Politics: the ability for one person and or a group of people to orateindecipherable speeches that include words such as: hope, remove,install, change, send, disarm, arm, change, tax, give, tradition,CHANGE, weapons of mass destruction, and so forth.
Government: A governing body that is set forth by one or many societies to ensure that all tangible needs are met.
As far as I’m concerned, at least in this country, “government” doesn’t exist.
Politics exist.
A government’s goal is to provide for its people, and a politician’s goal is to provide for their self.
Sure they do a mild amount of good; actually I could stretch to say they do a decent amount of good.
Ask yourself honestly, do you think they are doing it because theytruly care about the people, or is it because they want to get electedand they want to get money and they want to look good?
We are the greatest country in the world and yet we lower ourselves tomediocrity when it comes to who is running this country and thisworld.
I’m not saying that everyone in politics is corrupt, or even startedtheir “political career” with the intention of putting their own needsfirst.
However, somewhere along the line power came into play. Somewhere alongthe historical line between escaping powers and creating our own greatpower, the true reason of why America evolved was lost.
America is the “land of the free and the home of the brave,” but are wereally showing ourselves as a brave country when the men and women wholead this great nation won’t stand up for what they know is right, whenmoney and power are at stake?
When I was growing up I was told that I could do anything and believe in anything I want to do.
That is what I believe to be the American dream.
Not just having dreams, but also knowing that you can reach them.
Now the American dream, in my opinion, has turned into politiciansgaining power and control over our lives, the American people, ourchildren, their children. Dreaming to survive instead of to succeed.
The other day I was walking down the road and two little kids werewalking in front of me, probably about nine or 10 years old. One said,“I want to play a sport or travel the world, that is if terroristshaven’t blown the whole thing up by then.”
I really wish I was making this up.
I am not blaming the American government for the lack of innocence andthe ability to dream freely in children, but I am questioning what ourworld, and more importantly, our society has come to.
If people become politicians because they cared about their people,their country and their world, maybe kids wouldn’t get stuck in failingschools. Maybe kids wouldn’t get sucked into gangs, the elderly couldactually retire, education could prevail, and our soldiers could seetheir children grow up.
Maybe we could actually start to retain the middle class, not by bringing people down but by bringing people up.
I know it sounds like a stretch, but, it never hurts to dream.
Lindsay Diedrich, a sophomore philosophy and art history major from Southport, is a lifestyles reporter.
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