OPINION
OPINION
Loathed as I am to quote Douglas Adams on an internet page, I think he really hit the nail on the head when he wrote, "Who can rule if no-one who wants to, can be allowed to?"
It is sad how, although governments struggle so hard to maintain their power, they are becoming, and will become mere puppets to large corporations. National identity, once worth fighting over, will be pushed aside, for economic reasons, by these multinational companies.
As they watch their political power pissing away down the drain, the only thing left to drive our politicians is corruption or the struggle for political immortality.
The former is merely a comment on the weaknesses of the human character, tempt a man and eventually many will be tempted, tempt a man to lie and eventually many will. The latter leads to grandiose social experiments, throwing aside the ideals of an evolving system of government, whole ideologies are thrust upon the populous, in the hope that something will stick and the instigators will be immortalised.
The electoral system is ineffective, the politicians weak willed and weak minded, and the corporations will take over the world. Bleak eh?
There are a few ways around this, personally I'd recommend attempting to reverse capitalism, difficult at this late stage I know, or maybe pre-empt the globalisation of the world and force tough global restrictions on corporations before it is too late.
Its not going to happen, but it is nice to know where one stands.
FEEDBACK:
On Monday, November 26, 2001, Andrew wrote:
The ultimate thing to note is that "Every man has his price." Therefore
it can be stated that having an altruistic politician is impossible and,
indeed, altruism in general may be non existent. As a conclusion, people
represent chaos and a general drive to attain their own goals at the
expense of being nice to other people.
Please tell me what you thought...
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