"The people should not be afraid of the government. The government should be afraid of it's people"

V for Vendetta

Never have I heard such a true statement regarding politics in the current era. Never have I felt so sad to admit that the government is not afraid of the people.

Why? Because the government knows the people's flaws, faults, likes, dislikes and knows how to tweak them in every single way possible.

We are reliving the era of the Three B's (Baile, Botella, Baraja) implemented by the Spanish Conquest. We are the land of makebelieve, the land of never-ending parties and holidays. I am not whom to complain. Who doesn't like having a few extra days off.

But the people are easily persuaded by music, free things and fun. They are blinded by promises accompanied by a free-t-shirt and/or merchandise. They are easily swayed by music, whichever music is in style, a couple of years back it was the Macarena, these last few years it has been reggaeton, and enjoy seeing the crooked politicians dancing and cheering. With a swerve of the hips and a smile here and there, the people believe the hype.

::sigh::

We are conditioned to be numb. We are conditioned to forget quickly and enjoy the music, food and drinks while they last, or at least until a new politician gets elected. We are conditioned to forget and forgive insults on our intelligence, culture and rights, in exchange for promises of a better tomorrow, dancing to the beat of the "Gasolina".

We are driven into an economic crisis, forcing us to eat fast foods and junk to further demolish our physical and mental state of mind, because things that are good for us, healthy for us, in all of the ways known to man, are unattainable to middle and lower class. We are driven to charge up our cards to keep up with the modern trend, to get that plasma TV, to get those rims to get those nails done. Who gives a shit if your fridge is empty? We have to get pimped first.

You think the government doesn't take note? You think they are not noticing this ignorance on our behalf. Like they say in my native tongue: Por eso nos dan por donde nos gusta.

Everyone is upset with the skyrocketing costs of gasoline, the ridiculous changes in the Board of Education, the never-ending stories of corruption, the hiatus we lived through a couple of weeks back with the government shutting down all operations due to personnal vendettas....everyone is upset.

For like 30 seconds...or until elections come round' and they swerve their hips to Daddy Yankee or Calle 13....until they can hypnotize us with the groove and give us free shirts to buy our silence....to buy our content....

Who can be afraid of a government who gives out free stuff?

::snikers::

What government can be afraid of a bunch of lab rats, like us?

it's a win/win situation....

But somehow...I always feel like I'm losing...

By: Me