Is the "Culture War" a largely diversionary tactic?
Is the apparent choice between Fundamentalism and Marxism a red flag being waved by a matador? Where are the "smart bulls?"
For the sake of argument, let us suppose that the American voters found someone (say, in the spirit of a Ventura or a Schwarzenegger) believed to be a smart bull, and managed against all odds to place him on the throne. Would he discover that because real power lies elsewhere, that his office only allowed him to be a figurehead or role model? That his accountability was not to the voters, but to those really capable of shaping and spinning events in a way that maintain the illusion that the voters are in control?
So where does the smart bull go to find these elusive matadors?
NOTE: This essay is simultaneously published at my blog.
Article comments
1 - raj
Um, a citation to a book by Joel Mowbray? The man is a nut.