Political Gangsterization

Political Gangsterization

            I'm not a fan of old Western Cowboy TV shows or movies,  yet I have had the opportunity to see a couple, and understand the plot behind most of them.  In my observation the “lifestyle” is one where there is little oversight; each man has his own, and can pretty much do whatever is necessary to defend that.  There may be a sheriff in town, but most of the actors are of the vigilante culture.  It appears to me that some groups, and individuals, in this country are aiming to lead us that way.  They scream for deregulation of everything.  They argue for reduced gun laws.  They promote the idea to “make as much money as you can doing whatever you can to make it”.  Then they top it off with "you better not touch it or ask me to help anybody else that may need my assistance."  They have an attitude of they don’t have what I have, which means they must be lazy."

 On closer inspection this attitude is prevalent in American society, there are some that want a country with no government,  a country where it’s every man for himself, and as long as I got mine, who gives a flying hell what you have?  We approach each other with a bullying mentality of "if you or anybody else ask me for it you better watch."  To the outsider it may sound like a gangster movie being played out on the silver screen.  To those of us looking at it, it’s simply the “New American Dream”.  In this country we value gun rights, wars, and money more than we do education and helping “the least of these”.  We will cut funding for education, but raise funding for military bulkening. We won’t spend a concerted dime to help the poor, but will spend billions to help CEOs of companies fatten their pension plans.  We see governors proposing policies in the name of “helping the middle class”, while it’s the middle class that the policies are hurting the most.  We use political policies as a bully pulpit to oppress those that oppose us.  Although I don’t think we ever fully embraced being “One Nation Under God”, I definitely think we clutch on to the role of Every man, his money, and his ability to bully.

Just Me......