Corruption is a devil we know, and patriotism is an awkward bedfellow - A TwoandaMic Monologue
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The episode discusses the toleration of corruption in political leadership and the importance of collective power in democracy.
Why do we continue to allow watered down versions of political leadership to rule over us, even when we can see their faults? We have allowed certain ideas to hold sway in our minds when in truth they should always be questioned. We regard ourselves as not being so important to society, that we are simple folk and that we should not be entitled brats. That’s good. However when we see ourselves as a collective, we stretch that same value across us all. We see not a single brat, but a sea of brats, and a sea that must be somehow tamed. Yet when considered as a collective, we are not brats, we are the people. That isn’t a socialist concept, it is the truth. The idea in democracy that the people vote, that the people have power, and that the people decide, is not a socialist concept, it is a decent and sensible concept. Yet we fail to understand the full extent of the power such an idea holds, not just during election times, but always, at all times, without end. We don’t need elections to voice our distrust of corrupt governments and ministers. We can voice that disgust always. Corruption is not a devil we know. Corruption is the devil we have tolerated for too long. Patriotism is…
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