Reaxions

It's quite obvious now. Our government, (and you can insert the government of your choice here, AFAICT) has been bought and paid for by the corporate beasts who have replaced our local business concerns. There is only one hope to defeat the corporatist mindset now. Found or join local groups that promote local businesses and farms. International corporations are not capable of providing real solutions to the problems the world's economies are facing. What they are very good at is providing a  ton of money to lobbyists to control their industries through legislation that not only discourages real competition, but many times directly outlaws it.

The real problems are, in case you are wondering how I am defining them:

• blatantly high real unemployment
• escalating concentration of wealth and income to the rich
• continued and escalating degradation of public infrastructure 
• denial of real educational opportunity through false flag private school vouchers
• escalating division of common people, especially low wage earners
• increased reliance on automation vs employing people

That is actually just a beginning. There are thousands of cascaded problems from the current economic models corporations use. It would be difficult to accurately define the entire scope of the problem at this point.

My proposed solutions to these problems aren't really all that radical. The measures we can take are limited by our real economic means. We, as individuals, do not possess the means to fight back against the corporate publicity machines. We do not possess the resources to lobby against these huge corporate Godzillas with our politicians. The only way we CAN fight back is by organizing. And the only way we will be able to organize, is by defining exactly what it is that we are fighting for.

I refuse to be separated from my fellows by divisive politics any further. Abortion is an important issue to many people. It isn't the most important issue facing us at this moment, though. Religion is important, too. Right now, freedom of religion still exists, so, again, it isn't one of the most critical issues facing us. We need to get together, and decide what is too important to leave up to anybody else. Representative democracy seemed to work so well for so long without most people paying much attention that we seem to have forgotten that our votes can count.

I would implore our journalists to get back to reporting real news. With a real commitment to informing the masses. Hit the issues that we NEED to care about, not which K family member is wearing a  new bikini on the beaches of the Riviera.

 We have witnessed an unprecedented loss of real earning power in this country. We need to look at every law that has been passed, and ask who benefited? We need to look at every regulation, asking the same question. We need to make regulations that are self-enforcing as possible, and provide the means as needed. Without real enforcement, regulation is so much wind in the trees.

We need to quit shipping jobs overseas, while realizing that, in the long run, the better off our fellows around the world are, the better for everyone. Truly sustainable economies need to rely on local production where it is prudent, only transporting goods that are needed. Luxury is a necessity, at least a certain amount, anyway. Just don't let it get out of control.

Enough of ranting for today. Comments are open and welcomed, although I will be editing any that get too nasty. I want to start a discussion, not a troll fire.