OpEdNews:World Economy: Denial, Deception, and Delusion: American Politics versus Reality - by Dr. Mike

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World Economy: Denial, Deception, and Delusion: American Politics versus Reality - by Dr. Mike

Listening to the empty blather of the American presidential candidates, one would assume that the long golden era of post-WWII prosperity stretches ahead of us as far as eye could see. But nothing could be further from the truth. Our nation, its people, and most critically its leaders, are living in a state of denial. As America’s presidential election campaign shifts into high gear, politicians seem to be deliberately ignoring the fact that America and the world are faced with rapidly approaching resource and environmental crises of sufficient magnitude to end civilization in the coming decades. It’s reminiscent of the line from Act V, Scene V, of Shakespeare’s Macbeth: “…it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”Paying any attention to campaign rhetoric is counterproductive because it detracts from using our time and intellectual abilities to face reality and redesign our civilization. I note that simply including the environment, global warming and energy policy as additional issues is equally, perhaps more counterproductive. This is because such an inclusion implies that these world-ending crises are just more issues to be dealt with by our political system. Worse it implies that these crises which are actually caused by our corporate controlled political system can realistically be solved by that same system. This is civilization ending nonsense!

We need to break free of the mesmerizing attraction of corporate consumerism. We need to break free of the endless corporatist propaganda spewing out of the corporate mass media and think for ourselves. Thus empowered, we need to create a broad based social movement, which is independent of any political party, to compel needed change despite our non-responsive political system. We need to take collective actions both within and without the existing political economy. If civilization is to endure almost everything must change. These changes must take place soon, and not in some far-off “tomorrow.”