James Giago Davies. Photo courtesy Native Sun News Today
Ain’t nobody here but us chickens
All bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
By James Giago Davies
Native Sun News Today Columnist
nativesunnews.today Switzerland has managed to stay out of every major military conflict these past couple of centuries by making themselves economically indispensable as the World’s banker. This means the rich and powerful that own and operate these banks, own and operate Switzerland. This explains why the police and the army belongs to them, always has, and should their society ever face a dire threat, uniformed people will make sure the interests of the elite are protected, meaning every other possible consideration is secondary. You would think little children playing on the school ground would be a higher priority. They aren’t. How can a modern, compassionate society like Switzerland care about rich people and their money more than little kids? What is wrong with Switzerland? The Swiss operate the same as any society where power and privilege have had time to corrupt process to their exclusive and unfair advantage. The USA operates the same way. South Dakota operates the same way, and your reservation operates the same way. Corruption happens because the people in charge not only make it happen; they make sure it keeps happening. They don’t see it as corruption. As gaming the system. There was a pie, a very large and tempting pie, and they saw how people with access to the pie kept cutting off huge pieces for themselves, so when they got a chance to decide how big their piece would be, they did not think, “I will leave as much pie as possible for other people.” They cut themselves a generous slice, befitting their status as civic leader. Corrupt people are not churned out by a special corrupt people factory. They come from the same place we come from, and the people they love want a piece of their pie, so they share, and pretty soon the pie is gone. Next time they cut themselves a little bigger piece, anticipating the need, and pretty soon there are dozens of mouths expecting that pie piece to feed them. Not saying those who sought tribal power weren’t flawed human beings from the get, they certainly were, probably cheated on a test in school, or routinely “borrowed” five bucks from Mom’s purse. But they were capable of genuinely kind and generous acts as well, and it is not hard to convince yourself the kind and generous you, not only is the real you, but the you in charge of your ethics. He isn’t. The kid who cheated at Monopoly is the real you.
Read the rest of the story on the Native Sun News Today website: Ain’t nobody here but us chickens (James Giago Davies can be reached at skindiesel@msn.com) Copyright permission Native Sun News
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