The election is a nationwide exercise in delusion. The common man thinks: "in the election, I have a
choice; by voting, I can effect
change!" But the common man does not understand
the momentum of government. This momentum is teleological in character, and any
real change in government must be a change in this momentum. The petty issues which will determine the outcome of the coming election ("the war in Iraq," "abortion rights," "drugs for seniors," . . . ), these are but pebbles on the inevitable road of government "progress."
The near-sighted man will be the death of democracy, and the hero of slavery.
Such issues are only "petty" to those who have not been directly or indirectly affected by them. Were you a senior, a young mother, or a solider, I suspect you would bloviate otherwise.
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