Sleep Walking Away From Democracy | Emanuele Corso

Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust

May 6, 2014

“Despite the seemingly strong empirical support in previous studies for theories of majoritarian democracy, our analyses suggest that majorities of the American public have little influence over the policies our government adopts. America’s claims to being a democratic society are seriously threatened ...” so concludes a recent Princeton study.

Our Democratic society is being threatened by the Supreme Court, by Congress, by wealth, but even more by apathy, ignorance and indifference.

“O sleep, O gentle sleep … Nature's soft nurse …” so said Shakespeare. Nature’s soft nurse indeed. For many sleep is the best way out. Look the other way, be numb, don’t notice -- don’t identify with what is being done to others. It’s always “others” -- not me, not us but “them,” those “others” are the ones affected, it won’t happen to me.

Martin Niemoller, a German pastor, witnessed the Nazi round-ups first of Jews, then Communists, then trade unionists, then social democrats. Niemoller said nothing until: “When they came for me there was no one left to speak out.” Can’t happen here. Can’t happen to you. That’s what you need to believe. George Carlin once said: “The American Dream (is) so called because you have to be asleep to believe it.”

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