Sleep Walking Away From Democracy | Emanuele Corso
Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust
May 6, 2014
Despite the seemingly strong empirical support in previous studies for theories of majoritarian democracy, our analyses suggest that majorities of the American public have little influence over the policies our government adopts. Americas claims to being a democratic society are seriously threatened ... so concludes a recent Princeton study.
Our Democratic society is being threatened by the Supreme Court, by Congress, by wealth, but even more by apathy, ignorance and indifference.
O sleep, O gentle sleep
Nature's soft nurse
so said Shakespeare. Natures soft nurse indeed. For many sleep is the best way out. Look the other way, be numb, dont notice -- dont identify with what is being done to others. Its always others -- not me, not us but them, those others are the ones affected, it wont happen to me.
Martin Niemoller, a German pastor, witnessed the Nazi round-ups first of Jews, then Communists, then trade unionists, then social democrats. Niemoller said nothing until: When they came for me there was no one left to speak out. Cant happen here. Cant happen to you. Thats what you need to believe. George Carlin once said: The American Dream (is) so called because you have to be asleep to believe it.
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