College of Political Knowledge

Professor’s Classroom

Subject:  Political History/Government/

Paper #24

A government of the people, for the people and by the people……but is it?  In the grand scheme of things, especially politics, the people are everything…..at least that is the illusion that is portrayed….and yes, I said illusion!

All government rest on the consent of the governed…at least that is the illusion that we all live with…..look at the beginnings of the country…it took almost a generation for the people to actually vote for a president…….it was 1824…I am sure we can find a wealth of excuses for this delay, but the simple one would be that after so long the established way to pick a president was totally accepted..the electoral college.  For 36 years it was NOT that important that the people have a voice in the choosing of the leadership of this country….that gave the illusion of popular support time to take hold.

All government needs illusion.  No?  Take a look at the past presidential election…Obama promised to bring change if elected and so far all his change has not come to fruition but the rhetoric has strong…giving the illusion of change when in actuality NOTHING has changed…not in FinReg, not in war, not in health care, so far not anywhere.  All American political history is choke full of illusion.

All government needs illusion……

The illusion of that the American people have an actual voice…..the illusion that the the elected representatives of the people are the people…..the illusion that politicians are the servants of the people……the illusion that all men are created equal….all government needs illusion.

If one pays attention to the politics of the US then they are seeing just how much of an illusion that government is…..they will see the reps voting in THEIR best interests not the country’s……this is not a new phenom but rather something that has been occurring since the very beginning of this country……the only good thing to point to is that the internet has made it more possible to check these guys and their claims instantly…..thanks to the worldwide web their illusions and misdirections are easily detected and exposed……it is a shame that it is NOT used more.