TO BE EXPECTED
At a time in history when we are so separated
emotionally, physically, and politically, why were we in such a hurry to
condone lax voting requirements?
During the existence of our republic, our citizens have always been able to swallow the bitter taste of losing our
political arguments. We have always been
able to out-number the outlying corner of dissent and to coalesce as a united
force in the world. I would expect we
will be able to do so at this time, perhaps not to the degree of acceptance of the result that we have ever reached in the past.
Our divisions, due to the myriad
of causes, have given us reason to doubt, to fear, and to dismiss every situation
that we are on the different side of the coin.
Our governing politic looms large
in this formula as does our watchdog the “Press” which we gave the “freedom of
the press”. We no longer have the yardstick of honesty in fact to base our decisions of national direction
on. The factor of truth, formerly base
on fact, has been replaced with the unending barrage of personal opinions
coming from the mouths of those susceptible to the propaganda and partial
truths they have been in contact with over the course of time.
In the jungle of politics, this
weakness has allowed the predatory lure of political power and societal control,
to attack our freedom of choice of whom we elect as leaders. Using the basic and fundamental underlying
foundation of the majority of our country’s people, “fairness” and “equality”, we
have attempted to give our citizens easier means of voting. This factor has put ourselves in a situation
of potential national disaster as a society.
Our politicians, in an effort to win,
have not always had our country’s best interests at heart. There are actually times in that “game” they
have attempted to change the rules, the number of players, and the position of
the goalposts. The oath of office taken by those we have elected, hired and are paying for, should require those folks to put the country first, in front of self and party.
Using the “China Pandemic” fear-factor,
as a cause for change, changes to our voting process have increased the
opportunity and probability that vote manipulation will or can occur. Instead of creating rules that would give us
all a degree of trust in the process our leaders have managed to increase doubt. Regardless of which side, red or blue shirts,
ends up with the most points… doubt in the process has been established.
Our
democratic republic has received a systematic blow from our own hands.
Without
our individual effort to seek fact, over innuendo, propaganda, and self-serving
rhetoric,
We are
in danger of losing that which is inherent in nature.
FREEDOM
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