It always amazes me how people get indignant when a politician gets caught in a lie or otherwize goes back on their campaign promises. I mean, what the fuck is there really to expect? It just always becomes like some sort of scandalous sideshow bolstering the overall spectacle-it’s like the bastards lie on purpose and let themselves get caught so that can become the focus of attention lest anyone really start to question the system in it’s totality. We’re just not allowed to do that, yet we’re perfectly encouraged to get caught up in minutea and spectacular trivia thus our paralysis is ensured.
And it’s working pretty well for the ruling cabal. I mean, lets face it-this is 21st century Ameriduh, the worst any politician really has to worry about from us rabble is to not be elected to a further term. For serious, people may piss and moan and try to look hardcore at town hall meetings but the fact is aint nobody getting tarred and feathered and run out on a rail. It just aint gonna happen. What will happen is the elections will come and motherfuckers will vote so and so’s out of office…and then the new so and so’s will be their elected officials-and they’ll lie and act contrary to their campaign promises. Then everyone will be all “I can’t believe it, it’s such a scandal! I’ll vote for the other party next time!” and that will be the extent of it, period.
Meanwhile the machine will grind on, everything will become more expensive, people will work more for less pay if they’re lucky enough to get hired, the wars will continue so the military-congressional-industrial complex can make more money, China will continue to buy our debt and move closer to effectively owning this country, the middle class will disappear as our economy is more and more integrated with the third world model…and people will continue to get excited and bent out of shape when politicians-who’s job it is to lie turn out to be as fucked up as most everybody already knows they are.
But besides some bitching and whining nobody is going to do anything about it. The spectacle has perfected it’s methods of control, it forms the very fabric of what passes as political discourse. The State has nothing to worry about because it controls the terrain where people might even think of questioning it’s further existence. Revolution is the last thing on Jane six pack’s agenda, broad sweeping change and deconstruction of the reigning social order doesn’t even exist an an option in the popular collective mind. People will vote and pick their new king long before they’ll get off their fat asses and do something about a fascistic, corrupt government. Well, until the men with guns come to take them to the FEMA relocation camps, but by that time it’ll be too late.
So, yeah. It’s pointless to bemoan the political spectacle because all the gnarly shit those bastards in power do is part of their job. They’re your rulers, after all, they’re supposed to be motherfuckers.
endnotes:
1) As a disclaimer, of course I don’t advocate the violent overthrow of the government. I actually think it’s far too late for such shenanigans and we all better just realize that we’re fucked and had better start learning to speak Chinese.
2) This post was fueled by the Disfear album Misanthropic Generation and a couple of tracks off of the Cycle Sluts From Hell s/t
3) The inspiration for this whole stupid rant came from this video. Much thanks to my good buddy JW for posting it on Facebook today. You can read his blog here
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