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Enough of being bullied by corporate interests

A problem described in three articles, the editorial “Water meter debate”, “Arab Spring wilts under continued cronyism”

Dear Editor,

A problem described in three articles, the editorial “Water meter debate”, “Arab Spring wilts under continued cronyism”, and “How Alberta blew through an extra $41 billion”  all stem from a similar thinking.

“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know” is a popular slogan in the business world.  That does seem to be the way things “work” especially in politics.  I suspect that “cronyism” and lobbying power are behind all decisions made by all our politicians, at all levels of governance.

That Neptune outfit probably embarked on some type of “sounds good” campaign and there was no “other side” for the town council to consider, so, since it sounded like a good idea, they went with it.

It never seemed fair or right to me that so much money has been wasted money over the years due to PC “cronyism”: a number of local people profited greatly at taxpayers’ expense by being appointed to provincial boards and such.   Federally, it is no better.  Just look into the gigantic octopus of sorts that is the Christian conservative coalitions in Canada and the USA, and the power they have over Harper and his Cons and thus, over the policies made which we are governed by.

Another word for “cronyism” or lobbying might be bullying as demonstrated by the current humanitarian crisis happening in Gaza.  The Israel Defence Forces have the power and are allowed to commit great numbers of violations of United Nations Security Council resolutions, the U.N. Charter, the Geneva Conventions, international terrorism and other international laws because Israel has long campaigned for the sympathies of the world and now has the support of a number of countries, especially the U.S.A.  Unfortunately, Harper and his ignorant Cons have also thrown the full support of Canada behind this bullying.

Thank goodness for the Internet; if not for it, we would be limited to only propaganda issued by the most powerful in our world.  But now, because more information is readily available about what is really going on, especially behind the scenes and outside of the scope of traditional media, it is getting more difficult for the powerful to enslave the poor and middle class masses of the world.

Most of the conflicts in the world these days are basically power struggles between the ruling elites and the masses, “the chosen people” and the others; the bullies and the “caring few” (those conscientious people not brainwashed by the bullies).  We, the people, are standing up to centuries of these old patriarchal ways of seizing power, subjugating the people, and then blaming and making the people pay.

The result of all this resistance to the old patriarchal/colonialistic way of thinking seems like chaos, but it is really a good thing since it is part of the process that leads to changing the consciousness, and vote, of people worldwide.  We, the people/the masses, will no longer accept the BS those old dudes and their corporate interests try to govern us all by.

Evone Monteith

Ponoka