It's becoming too easy to cave into cynicism when the revolving door between government and big business becomes this blatant. After approving a huge Comcast media merger as Commissioner of the FCC, Meridith Baker gets hired by Comcast as a lobbyist. If she were just 4 months faster, she could have saved a phone call by simply lobbying herself! And– get this– Comcast, according to PaidContent.org, "was exceedingly careful throughout the merger review not to be seen as gaming the system and has been in overdrive to improve its public image." THAT was their "exceedingly careful" strategy?
Such behavior enrages both right and left, leaving us with the distinct impression that it doesn't really matter what the little people think any more. This only exacerbates a steady erosion of faith in our system by the public, who really aren't that stupid. Remember there was a time when citizens made personal sacrifices for the sake of the nation, like contributing their valuable cooking pots to WWII metal drives. That kind of community solidarity seems awfully far from today's world of survival in the jungle of clever spin by monstrous profiteering conglomerates.
I long for a world where its the beings, and particularly the human ones who are important. I don't want to be captive to cynicism. If anyone knows of a better solution than the Universal Conscience for ultimate protection of the humans please, please share it here!
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Tim Holmes Studio
- Tim Holmes
- Helena, MT, United States
- My inspiration has migrated from traditional materials to working with the field of the psyche as if it were a theater. Many of my recent ideas and inspirations have to do with relationships and how we inhabit the earth and our unique slot in the story of evolution. I wish to use art– or whatever it is I do now– to move the evolution of humanity forward into an increasingly responsive, inclusive and sustainable culture. As globalization flattens peoples into capitalist monoculture I hope to use my art to celebrate historical cultural differences and imagine how we can co-create a rich future together.
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