Wednesday, August 4, 2021

People Rule

Harmodius and Aristogeiton

The original concept of democracy to convince 

a population of their obligation to take their turn in 

addressing the public realm for the greater good of 

the public weal and to ensure that all assented has 

strayed far from its ancient ideal where now a voting 

public elevates political parties and their leaders 

to govern in an atmosphere of polarization of values 

in the reality that arose where only political animals

assumed public office while citizens endowed with 

decisive acumen, altruistically inclined and resolute 

in their integrity are disinterested in being politically 

inclined. The public is left with moral scoundrels 

whose focus is self and party in a continuum of 

self-serving judgements secure in their role as civic

leaders until the public tires of their maladroit rule 

and elects another of like ilk to become the new 

scoundrel while decrying the misfortune of those who 

live under dictatorial realms of mismanagement and

tyranny the people beleaguered bereft of the agency

to effect change, unaware of the near similarities

when the substance of choice is a matter of degree.



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