Can You Taste the Bitterness?

There was a guy on another blog I post to who was writing about Michael Moore's movie "Sicko"--the link is connected to the title above. He was discussing how f***ed up Americans must be to allow the kind of corruption that exists in American politics and business. He went on to say that both the media and politics have sold themselves to the corporate world. So...I couldn't resist the urge to reply. And here it is:

I once wrote a blog entry about the town I'm living in. It was a rant. I referred to it as: "A petit-bourgeoisie society with a 1960's hangover."

My point is, after Reagan, America resigned revolutionary actions to the past. Post-Reagan politics have been about portraying America as THE model of democracy and success, even if we can't get our domestic stuff straight. It's not that our politicians our liars...it's that they're in politics. They don't work for what they believe in, they work to get re-elected.

Politics isn't a convocation anymore, it's a business--not a calling.

In the first generation after America's "founding" the "founding fathers" had jobs! Politics was their pasttime. They practiced politics part time, and did other stuff full time. America didn't have full time politicians who were paid gross amounts of money to debate crap that's not really very debatable. How do you argue against universal healthcare...really. Other than the fact that it's a socialist program in a quasi-democratic state (which isn't mutually exclusive despite the ignorance of many Americans), why would anyone be against it. The only answer is because capitalism comes before democracy. America has been, since its inception, less about what is right than about the right dollar.

Take the 3/5 clause in the constitution for example. The only reason it exists is because they didn't want southern cash to take a hit. Many of the "founding fathers" owned slaves, which they released upon their deaths. One of them, Madison, was adamantly against slavery. If it had been up to him, everyone would have been free after the "American Revolution".

My point is, C.R.E.A.M. applies to politics just like it does our lives. America is a fucked-up-repugnant nation because we have misappropriated our energies. We are the wealthiest nation because we put energy that should be given to our neighbors into ourselves. We've sold the soul of the nation for money, and there's no sign of change. We decided that revolution belongs to other countries, with "dictators," like Iraq, Iran, North Korea, countless African nations, Cuba, and Venezuela under Hugo Chavez...but we're controlled by a post-Reagan legacy of dictatorial manipulation. We're taught to believe that we HAVE TO vote democrat or republican. We're raised in families with ties to one or the other. We pay them! our politicians, to be partisan rather than American. And it's all b******t.

I'm ranting on your blog. Ignore me anyway. I'm a "Black Nationalist" revolutionary type. The media doesn't like what I have to say anyway. And you do whatever the media says right?