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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