"The government spends too much money", comes to mind. Actually this type of statement is so common we almost don't realize that we've fallen into the trap. There is no single sentient entity that does anything. The reality is that thousands of individual people hold positions of authority and they choose sides on issues and make them happen. The cause is people, the effect is very often disaster.
The government doesn't spend money, people do. The government doesn't legislate immorality, people do. The government does not go to war, people do. There is no "person" who is government. Government is hundreds of people who generate enough cooperation amongst themselves to cause and effect events, laws etc.
It's easy to see why we fall into this trap because the words are used so often that we don't think about them anymore. The problem with that, is that we also fall into the trap of believing that the "government" is evil. The government is not evil, the people driving the government are either good or evil as individuals. When you have enough individuals of like-minded evil, you have bad government. NOT a bad government, but bad government. The semantic difference is huge and the slip from one mind-set to the other is quick and small.
While we're on the subject, lets get another thing straight........*There is NO Mother Nature*. Such a creature does not exist. It's disheartening to hear how often the news agencies and weather agencies use this term as if there is a monstrous, living, breathing virago somewhere who's tools are tornado, flood, blizzard, earthquake, etc. and uses them to beat us with. SHE does not exist.
Truth to tell, God controls the weather. That the general public would rather believe that some bizarre, monstrous banshee controls the weather is weird. That little collective flight into fantasy is so widespread we aren't even conscious of it anymore.
Government is no more evil than a rock, even though both are used to kill.
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1 comment:
This is an excellent article, which deserves wide readership! To often the Government is seen as an ogre because citizens forget that government is a mirror reflecting the collective mindset of a nation. A nation gets the government it deserves. Rather than pointing a finger at "government" and blaming "it" for being immoral, we would be wise to look at ourselves, examine our individual lives, and see just how much our adherence (or lack thereof) to the moral law has served to contribute to the problems we see about us. We can change the world, but the change must begin with ourselves!
Patti Petersen
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