Friday, April 18, 2008

Hypocrisy of Injustice

As the bureaucracy expands to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy, at times I question how we the people can be so easily manipulated. It is as though we do not want to know about the double standards and would rather ignore when people fall into the hypocritical rhetoric and discourse. Have we become so desensitized that it is no longer noticeable when our leaders and peers say one thing and do another. Has the bureaucratic format become so encompassing we just no longer see the hope for a better way?
There is no reason to complain about it and become more apathetic towards the perpetrators of hypocrisy. Rather, it might be time to challenge those who would perceive others to be easily manipulated. How long is it before we completely allow mass contingency for the things we know to be false. When a politician promises something, we all prepare for the promiss to be broken before hand. Prepare for the worst is something we do in all endeavors, being ready for the worst care scenario and yet, have we lost hope for the best case? Is our focus so easily swayed to expectations being so pessimistic in nature that where by, anything other then hypocrisy is surprising?

Injustice has also come to be expected by most. It no longer upsets people to see injustice take place. Instead we shake our head and say, that’s just the way it is. Its too bad that things are like that. This will not change anything and this will not lead to more justice. It is unfortunate that so many people have become used to the idea that the rich live by a different set of rules then everyone else. The wealthy are pleased with the current state of affairs because there has not been a solid opposition to their strangle hold on society. It had always been allowed and accepted that the rich are subject to different rules then the rest of us.

Expanding the middle class should be the main focus of all leadership, yet it is important to recognize that; advocating only to helping the poor is not enough, it will take a new form of justice to truly shape the way our world wants to continue and progress. Yet how can we possibly overcome and defeat this wealthy sub class of individuals that hold 99% of the worlds wealth. I see our advantage is in the population breakdown and dichotomy of shared wealth. If only 0.5% of the world holds 99% of the wealth then by simple math, it is clear we have far superior numbers. But can we stand up together, and demand a change? One has to only look as far as the French revolution to see it is possible. It can be done, and hopefully with less violence.

A simple quote comes to mind when facing daunting challenges.


"Can we do it? we can do it, we shall do it!" Marcus Garvey


1 comment:

MelLee said...

Upon reading this entry, the first word that comes to mind is 'ADAPTATION'. Us the people must adapt to survive, so if being supressed by hypocratic leaders is our mode of survival, then we will accept it. We are slowly realizing that this acceptance has meant defeat and the greater good was not acheieved. The uprising has begun, and i hope and believe we have only seen a glance of what is to come. Continuing down this road has been done and written about in our history books. We can lie with the dinosaurs, or we can stand with the few.