Govern by Candlelight

All governments go through pandemics and wars, dictatorships, famines and natural disasters - and still they manage to keep the lights on. Well, almost all governments. The US is the exception, where they use governance as a bargaining chip for one side or the other to get what they want - which is always to the detriment of the people. ---  --- It is no wonder that the US has all of these shutdowns, as the only reason it is "the largest economy in the world" is that they keep on increasing the debt to astronomical levels, knowing that they will never actually have to pay it back. The world will collapse into a blackhole before that happens. Ironically, it could be the blackhole of debt that the US is generating now that causes it. Still, Americans should really question how their system works, where the governments hold the entire population hostage while they bicker about spending, that is *going to happen* anyway. It has to happen, because as said, that is how the US maintains its status as a global superpower. Take away the ability to spend for long enough, and well, everything in the US collapses, not just the government. The entire economy is tied to funding through debt and the systematic stripping of value from everywhere possible. As I have said before, if the rest of the world really wanted to build its strength, it would have to reduce the control of the US. It is *very easy* to do. Just stop selling goods and services to the US, and increase spending on goods and services in the rest of the world instead. And, ensure that any goods and services that are earning outside of the US, are paying *all of their taxes* in the country where it is earned. > Simple. This would *fundamentally* collapse the US economy. And while it would cause disruption for the rest of the world, it wouldn't be that much disruption for that long in comparison. The rest of the world can ramp up production, innovation, and all kinds of resources both natural and human, to take care of itself. The rest of the world doesn't need the US to look after it - so don't believe the hype. What the rest of the world should be doing now (and all Americans who actually care about their country over their party), is looking at the current political situation the US and asking, *What the Fuck?* Are these really the behaviours and actions of a deserving global leader, or that of a third-world nation with a raging civil war? > Yeah, civil war. It might not be fought with muskets and lines of soldiers marching on the field of battle at dawn, but the times have changed, so war has changed. The US is waging an internal war, a civil war, turning people against people in the streets, and using obvious and simplistic rhetoric to influence people to pick a side, and fight alongside. The battlefields are the social platforms, where soldiers on *all* sides are attacking, infiltrating, undermining, sabotaging, raping, pillaging.... > Society is mortally wounded. If all the US citizens who claim to love America and claim to fight for it actually did so, what they would do would get rid of the governmental system in wholesale. The system isn't fit to run a pig farm, let alone a country. The government shouldn't shutdown by the choice of politicians, it should be completely *defunded* by the citizens of the country. > No negotiations. No demands. Shutdown. The government isn't working for you. Governments all over the world aren't working for their citizens. But that has to be clear to those in America right? Obviously not. Yet, people are conflating their love for their nation with the government. The US isn't its government, it is its people, and those people will be American, even if the government is shutdown and a new governance structure is put into place. It might be a very different kind of America, but is the current system so good it is worth preserving? > It is a clown show. When the phrase of "bread and circuses" was used to describe governments doing superficial things to appease the people they govern, it wasn't meant as a guide for the government to become the entertainment. But here we are, being entertained by politicians and administrators whose only skill is their ability to one-up their opposition in new levels of absurdity. And then blame the opposition for forcing it. "Look what you made me do!" And the masses keep buying in, amplifying the stupidest and simplest of cat calls through the media battlegrounds, as if they are unique and clever. Have we all really become so gullible that blaming the "radical left" or "right-wing extremists" influences us? Are we really so blind that we can't see what is happening here? > Apparently. I have no love for governments, but I can at least appreciate a government that tries to do what is right for their people. One that looks to improve the lives and wellbeing of people within the country, even if they often fail due to poor resource management skills. But what is happening in the world isn't due poor management skills, it is purely and simply driven by greed of the few. And somehow, those few have been able to convince the many that if we only give them more power, they can finally make our lives better. > Make a wish, and blow out the candle. Keep living in darkness. Taraz [ Gen1: Hive ] --- **Be part of the Hive discussion.** - Comment on the topics of the article, and add your perspectives and experiences. - Read and discuss with others who comment and build your personal network - Engage well with me and others and put in effort **And you may be rewarded.** ---