Money is not the solution either.

A rogue thinker back in 1516

There are in any age those who lead the pack in thinking Sir Thomas More bringing the word and idea of Utopia to the masses was one of these people and while it was one of his lesser feats it is still a quirky little idea and his book Utopia has had a readership through out the centeries.
Not that More is a personal favorite but this idea of utopia makes so much sense unless you are an elitist, then it's simply loathed.
A society where we all are equal and all is made for the betterment of the society not for the profit of individuals.

This idea has been around for a while in the circles of humanists through out the ages.

Aldous Huxley wrote Island which is a fantastic story that transcends a purely utilitarian rant but contrasts one way of living with another.  

If we can agree that within the limits of physical laws any behavior is possible then it is only our imaginations that limit us by putting up barriers of fear which in my mind keeps us from ultimate success. In the end analysis we only lack will not money when it comes to changing our society.

Too often though we are diverted by rhetoric from politicians or some hardly remembered pundit on a right wing TV program disguised as a news outlet.

Repeated in the newspapers and on radio, be afraid of everything, a message that bombards the public.
Then out pops that word that idea of utopia, which is impossible to have in the state we live now.

There is a lot of confusion in our societies and it's level rises and falls as the level and frequency of outright deceit occurs in what we percieve as the halls of power. 

The problem is that there is a lack of trust in government at any level. This goes for Canada as well as the USA and well it should. 
The Harperists in Canada have fully hijacked democracy or what was left of it in the Great White North.

To the south there is no real hope within this generation for things to be fully righted but the road to sanity maybe started down if Obama is re- elected.

If he is it means two things to me, one is that there would have been a better than average voter turnout to tip the scales against the Republican hoards, two that the remaining long time voters have finally started to think about issues rather than rhetoric. 

In almost every country on the planet people have a general disregard for their government. I think this might be because we generally feel governed by rather than governed for. We see most decisions being made more with "economics" than the wellness of beings in mind.

We all feel the hidden hand of cronyism and it is time that it be stopped which will take imagination but it is possible in most western countries if we take what reins we have in terms of power and force change.

Sex is a great controller....ok it's just gratuitous nudity 

To continue riding the beast kicking wildly at it's flanks without controlling it's direction is truly pointless. 
We must demand change and with that statement comes a question....What do WE want to change?

The answer that most will give me is nothing, the average person is far more concerned with the stuff that affects them personally and haven't really gone very far beyond the drivel that MSM feeds them.

Many will cite something grand but in broad strokes such as more accountability for our elected officials. 
Repeating the mantras spewed out by Main Stream Media they think that their backs are covered by the diligent reporter or incredibly sincere anchor. If there is something on the horizon that should be pursued by the public the public is confident that it will be covered in the news. That is far from what really happens, the investigative reporter on one of those news magazine shows is tied to a producer who will get the slant and spin that the managers want and thus we end up with pablum for information.


Even the nightly news seems hackneyed in the way it seems to rely on drama rather than hard facts in a breaking story. No one can afford to investigate so the news outlet leans toward entertainment or outright engagement of the public through exciting the public's emotions.

It seems there a few if any who really dig into an issue and examine the facts rather than visit the emotions of issue.

So obviously I started this post before the re-election of Obama and the hunger strike in Canada by Chief Theresa Spence. 

It was her bands troubles with inadequate housing and questionable administration of funds for the Attawapiskat reservation that got this post started. Not on how this could happen where families are living in squalor in a country as rich as this. No I see this daily in all sorts of people from all sorts of back grounds so I have a sense that this is created either by the person living in squalor or by an outside force or power.
No this was a concern for me when I first watched the story break and waited for the longest time to see someone look into the money given to this reserve. It troubled me to see the slanting of the story and it seemed to be for dramatic effect rather than a fair report on a people done wrong. 
Oh please don't paint me as a right winger, these poor folk living in paper shacks are real and have been fucked over by someone. I just find it imprudent to think it is because the powers that be have done it when the evidence and history would lead me personally to a different conclusion. 

In the end analysis the story was probably treated fairly but the questions had to have been made to the research people at CBC at the start and so it seemed rather than even and balanced reporting it was slanted to tug at your heart strings but I think that a large percentage of Canadians had to be like myself and wondering what happened to the money given? 
This is not a question of prejudice it is a mathematical one taken care of by accountants. 
It is a question of being critical of any news outlet
but it also in a broader sense makes clear that money is not the answer but  rather determination is the hard currency of societal success. 
Empty words
....perhaps but if we have no moral guide but what we see projected into our phones and homes then we are in for ultimately EMPTY lives.