Generals, attorneys, personal pundits, supporters and flakes. As long as they prove loyal to the uncrowned king in the white house, they are spared, pardoned and commuted. They are treated to a better law than the rest of us. They cheated. They broke the law. Many even pled guilty. But now they are slipping out of confinement and sentence because the courts, the political wizards and the people without values allow this.
You and I of course are held to different standards. We also manage our own lives, pay our own taxes, raise our own kids to self-sustainability, support our charities and churches, schools and universities. We do the heavy lifting of the nation. We are the history of America. But we have no mention. We are the little people. Our backs are bowed from burden. Our bank accounts are near empty.
If scapegoats are needed, it is the little people who are anointed. They fill the prisons. They sweep the streets, paint the light posts, serve as cashiers at grocery stores and gas stations. They are the folks we rely on to do the work of society and keep it open even in pandemics.
The rich and infamous get away scot free. Evidently, they feel all is for them and no one else.
If this description is at all correct, America has a problem. The system of checks and balances in our governance system provided by the US Constitution, is being illtreated and unused. Evidently the constitution is null and void. The courts have said so. And congress does nothing to offset the calumny.
A clear and present danger has come and remains in place. We do nothing about it. Our representatives elected to work in our stead do nothing. The system is torn down and serves only the privileged. White, black, brown or whatever, they don’t matter. Only if you have connections and money. Power. That’s the coin of the realm today.
We have come far from our starting point.
Please tell me what I’ve written here is not so. Tell me things are better than this. Tell me this nightmare will be over soon. Please.
June 29, 2020
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