Truth To Power

Personally, I consider the US to be the most corrupt country in world history, if only by virtue of sheer scale. The corruption too often permeates our society from the very bottom of the socioeconomic scale to the highest halls of power. The corruption at the top is worse than that at the bottom because those in power cost more lives, more suffering and infinitely more money than those at the bottom.

One of the biggest problems is that corruption in the general population is frequently not seen as corruption. Supporting corruption is not seen as condemning. Vote for an elected official already known to be corrupt, follow illegal/unethical orders and people see themselves as innocent.

Many Americans claim to revere those with the strength, the spine to speak truth to power. As long as it is profitable to them, that is.

When any person finds the strength, takes the extreme risk to their own life to stand up, speak out, reveal the truth the response is immediate and predictable. Corrupt officials condemn the accuser. Corrupt media repeats the authorized condemnation word for word without question. The mindless public fails to question their own indoctrination and marches in tune to the Establishment music.

When one person or a group of people speak out against illegal and unethical warfare against other nations, the sequence is the same. Corrupt officials, in the pockets of corrupt corporations spew nonsensical gibberish about why a nation on the other side of the planet with few military resources is a threat…