Eye on the prize
A single consequence of getting older is that your view of the world around you changes. You start to recognize that time goes by very fast. You begin to realize that there are so many unkept promises in particular in the world of politics. Right now the country is in the middle of a campaign to change the top level of government. We do not have a president thankfully. And I have learned that you do not get many opportunities to hear the people who want to be in the leadership of your country once the election is over. Try not to be discomforted by the promises but have not yet been tested. Rather pay attention to promises that were made in the past and then ignored. Today I listened to a speech on the plans to combat crime nationally. To be fair I see very little example of crime where I live but I suppose that those in the middle of the large city have a different point of view. Our government over the centuries have spent a lot of energy in trying to make punishment proper to the offence. We no longer randomly execute. At least not to my knowledge. What I took away from today’s speech is that the number of crimes that can be actually punished is very small. We lived within a structure of laws that our leaders have constructed on our behalf. Representative democracy. And as any government or want to be government presents their platform they have to work with careful attention to what will actually fly. My take from the speech today is that there are no large changes coming short term. Rather those in the political class want the rest of us to be reassured. They have their eyes on the prize even before they have a chance to play the game. With that I will continue to be reassured that my life is not in grave danger generally. In other words my government is looking out for me. And remember what you hear during a political campaign may not actually reflect what happens going forward but at least it shows that those who want to be are thinking things through ahead of playing the game.
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