Accents
What I Think
Part 2
Call me crazy but I don’t think that these politicians are entirely to blame into this whole concern. First and foremost, they aren’t the ones who placed themselves in that position. It was us, who gave them that privilege. If it wasn’t for the vote of the people they wouldn’t be there. What appeal do these politicians have that charmed the people into voting them, only to regret it few months after their appointment? Isn’t it confusing and at the same time completely outrageous? I mean is there anything we people can decide on and be actually happy with it? We place these insatiable politicians in office and we turn into this bitter and complaint driven whiny hoi polloi. If we actually want something good to come from our own decisions, it is not supposed to reach this extent where they are already seated in the office and basically they can do whatever they want to do, they are the ones leading us now, aren’t they? So what they decide on, that’s what we endure.
So technically, we set them in those positions, let them establish their very own little empires, and we allow them to manipulate us into believing that they are placing their ‘wondrous’ and ‘valuable’ plans and platforms in motion, which really sounded good to our ears, words that are wonderfully strewn together to create this colossal visionary, which would only turn out to be an abyss of empty promises and sky high ambitions, something that is highly achievable, except it wouldn’t be, since as promising as it may sound, it is just an accessory of these so called ‘leaders’ in their campaign speeches in order to capture the minds and hearts of people, people who are actually thick enough to fall for their flowery spiels. Ergo, we become sore losers in the offing.
So yeah, with that being said, I admit that I partly blame the people for being naïve and gullible. We go into these campaigns and let the ‘potential leaders’ lure us into this fantasy where as if they would be able to relieve us of our economic problems and turn our municipality into an award winning boom town. I cannot fathom how incredibly easy people can be; every day we go through the same routine, every day we experience the same hardships and difficulties, if not the same probably harder, can we ask them for help, I’ll bet you, 1 out of 10 times that you go ask them for their help, they are going to tell you, that they don’t have enough fund to provide you with the assistance you need, if you ask them personally, not as a commoner to an official, but as a person to a friend, and they would tell you that they have their own problems to think about. How impudent is that? But do we learn from our mistakes? No. Come campaign period, and that same politician you went to, approaches you and gives you a little ‘som’thin, som’thin’, a little ‘token of help’, and you graciously accept it and promise them your vote on the elections, oh come on! Can you get more pathetic than that? Some may call it practicality, I call it stupidity. You just sold your vote for that little ‘som’thin som’thin’ they offered you, tell me, would that little ‘token’ of theirs last you a whole years worth of food on the table? Would that be able to help you alleviate your family from the adversity you suffer every day? NO. You just sold your vote and your dignity for something that is not even worth it. Want to try regret? Too late buddy, you made your bed now you have to lie on it.
When are we ever going to learn?
Now that they have the power to manipulate every procedure, every movement in our small government, ask your selves these questions.
Where do we stand? Can we voice out our opinion while they debate on what brand new product our town should splurge in? Do we get a say in that concern? When our community needs funds for development, do they ask us our opinion? Do they tell us, how much they are trying to take on loan for a certain project? Do they inform us what the progress of a certain project is? Do they commit to the promises they guaranteed us in their campaigns? Were they able to carry that out? At the end of their terms, were they really able to satisfy our needs, considering they pledged to help us just as so that we would be assisted in every possible way that they can? We are given the sanction to listen to their deliberation of something that we, should decide on. We are the ones who are supposed to make the most out of these benefits, but are we given the liberty to do so? Are we given the right to suggest our own resolutions? And if anything, do you really think they take us seriously?
Think about it, we are supposed to place exemplary leaders into office to lead us into advancement and development of our community, we are given the right to choose who most are worthy and deserving of that position, but are we doing our part? Are we giving ourselves and our community a chance to move forward into that progress? Let’s ask ourselves, did we do the right thing?
Because if we would carefully think about the questions I just mentioned, it would lessen the possibility of us being on the losing end of the deal.
If we would willingly answer these questions with honesty; and if we have the determination of lifting our community from the dump that it’s buried in, then I am sure that our perception and preferences would be set straight, ergo, would result to the community that we are most especially thrilled to be part of.
Politics is an art, it’s a craft for the well learned and wisdom filled individuals. The only thing that would distort the true essence of it is indifference. Allow the worthy and proficiently skilled goal driven virtuosos to achieve what they have spent their lives learning. Give them the chance to show us their distinct capabilities into guiding us into a remarkable future and a gateway to our political sovereignty.
Do not be blinded by any amount of money or promises that are as empty as our pockets. Do not practice colonial mentality and decide using your closed minds. Use the intelligence that God gave us into putting the right pieces of the puzzle into its rightful places. Be open minded and look at the bigger picture. Intelligence is not a privilege, it is a gift. Therefore, we should bask into carrying out the goodness of it by making the appropriate choices and right decisions. Our judgment and resolution is what would determine our chance into that gateway.
Are you ready to make your town a better place? I hope so.
May it be the smallest town in a country, or the biggest country in the map? It doesn’t make a difference. If you are ready to do your part, then start doing it now.
If I succeeded reaching out to you by this discourse, then share this to others, who you believe would come through and would make the right thing. After all, that is the basis of this notes appeal.
Bored and Extremely Insightful (for now), Jelena M
(Email: lagoc@hargray.com)