Interrogating my prediction in the previous post

I predict the Conservatives will get back in power in the October elections, not because of their policies but because the world is controlled economically by the monied class. Not the people with nice clothes and houses, not those with titles, but those we call the ruling elite.

Here I have not explained why I predict this. I have not even posted any of their policies, yet felt okay making this prediction. Of course I have no details on who controls the economy. In a way I am simply using an "elite" as a scapegoat.

It could be said that human's are ruled by ideas — not ideas that are too complex but complex enough to keep us under the control of rulers. There is a varying degree to our acceptance of authoritarian rule. Right now we seem to feel okay with the rule of money as though it's natural, human and comes out of our own desire for posterity.  Or the rule of power. We think it's natural that whoever is in charge will control us and it's not in our best interests to challenge them.

Again I give no examples of ideas that are too complex or ideas that keep us under the control of rulers. Also there is no proof that we feel okay with the rule of money, and that it's normal or natural. Is it that we have been raised with the normalization of capitalism, trained to fit in. How did we get to feel okay about allowing others to control us?  Through the centuries there have been stories about terrible torture and death to those who  question authority -- guess that's why.

We are so enamoured by power we created an all-powerful god whom we cannot see but who can  read our thoughts as well as control the weather.

Apparently hierarchy began with agriculture but I don't have proof because I am not skilled in the kinds of experiments that determine scientific truths.

The greatest power, besides wealth and guns, is charisma. Something that can't be explained but has influence over us. However if we have not cast the media in our own spells there is no leadership by charisma.

Who said charisma is powerful and what exactly enables someone to have charisma?

Most of us struggle to get through the day with our work, our chores, our responsibilities to loved ones. We come up with little wars that we must survive, and to do that we must have beliefs that support us.

This is a huge generalization. I suspect there is truth in it because I listen to how other people cope as well as my own experience.

One integral belief is that we see ourselves as good. Bruised but not broken. Smart but not intellectual. Tolerant to a degree. Informed but not expert. Most importantly we don't have the kind of power that billionaires or corporations do.

Again another generalization but I can think of contradictions that are equally generalized.

Our lack of power tells us we are weak, ordinary not special, willing but not always able. In short — we are vulnerable.  We don't have a corporation of staff or servants who will provide the human wall between ourselves and the outside world. When individuals without agents stand up they are easily gunned down.

I think my own self-esteem has been fed by how others see me but there are others who trust in their own power. How many feel powerless and what is powerlessness anyway?

When it comes to justice and social standards, we are on the front of the battle.  As we know now — the ones who organize the wars are not on the front. They are protected by the blood and limbs of the soldiers employed to be at the front whose names they don't even care to know.

Phrases like "as we now know" assume that we all think the same.

There is enough despair without scraping the system down to its naked function.  We need pretty words, sweet smiles, mythologies and promises. We need to believe that all is well and all will be well.

Who is the "we" who need pretty words and is that a natural thing or a nurtured things. 
So most of us don't want to know the truth. We don't examine the policies too rigorously. We won't argue with friends and neighbours and we need something to believe in. Like benevolent dictators — greatness, charisma, like being better off than others, like the promise of a better life.

What kind of truth do "we" not want to know? What lived experience would make me like benevolent dictators?

Many will eagerly forget the damage done by the Harper government if the promises are sweet. And whatever else, we will not tolerate the universal "mea culpa" required for social change.  All it takes is 40% of the votes to incubate a leadership that will send us back to sleep as the world burns, and a suitable scapegoat is found.

I don't list the things Harper did that I think was damaging. There is a hazy shared memory of policies that myself and some of my friends were horrified by. 

But the reality is — once a scapegoat is found, we (being the masses) have signed our own death certificates.

The scapegoat is the device that gives the ruler permission to kill. In the past it was women charged as witches and Jews charged with the blood libel.  It didn't seem to matter whether the charge was true or not. All that was needed was to identify a small group to blame and then everyone was silenced. Guilt or innocence didn't matter. It was the power given to the man or men who got to choose who would live and who would die. The rest became silent for fear of being the next scapegoat.

To write the original post was very easy. I just recollected my own memories and opinions but if I didn't do a thorough job on claiming "facts" how many citizens do in a capitalist system where media and politicians use myths to gain power?