The continued success and increasing support of Occupy Wall Street begs the question, “to what end?”
“We’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore,” echoes from the canyons of lower Manhattan, and resonates with raised voices throughout the World.
We are mad: mad at the continuing injustice and inequality we see around us; mad at our elected leader’s inability to address and rectify the problems which confront us, both locally and globally; mad at the invasive greed and avarice which has impoverished our economies and our futures.
The problems we face, both here and abroad, are endemic. Financial upheaval, environmental degradation, poverty, famine and disease abound. Reports of war, repression and genocide are the daily fare doled out by the news media.
Global warming and climate change portend a calamitous future, regardless of cause. In many regions the scarcity of food, fuel and clean water decimate the local population and perpetuates a cycle of despair which ultimately imperils us all.
Unfortunately, our governmental entities, be they elected, selected, or self-appointed, are fundamentally and systemically unable, or worse unwilling, to effectively deal with these issues.
Systematically, we are all held hostage by the haphazard results of our political evolution as a species. With no rhyme, reason or rationality our governments, regardless of their ideology, labor under a system which cannot, or will not, address these concerns.
Fundamentally, politicians as a class have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. The greed heads and power trippers, that 1% of us who control the world for their own benefit and enrichment, are satisfied with the system as it now stands. Politicians are bought and sold like common commodities either through the guise of legitimate campaign contributions, or outright bribery and extortion, their influence purchased to serve the will of the few rather than the good of the many.
The system is broken. For us to move forward as a species a new system must be devised. A New World Order, to use a hackneyed phrase, which promotes liberty, freedom, and justice for all of us, not just the chosen few; a world where the concept of inalienable human rights is cherished rather than repressed; a world of hope and promise rather than one of fear and dread.
The time has come for a Unified, Representative, Democratic World Government; a government of stringent checks and balances, a government where integrity and honesty are held in esteem rather than power, wealth and influence.
Our globe grows smaller every day. The impact of our actions reach ever further. The concept of National Sovereignty must accommodate itself to a new regime, a Global Sovereignty.
We, Humanity, are a single species. We share a single world. We can, and must, learn to live and work together or we are destined to fail. We face fundamental questions regarding our future, questions that will impact the lives of each of us, of the 6.5 billion or so of us who collectively call this planet home.
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