by Jordan Kane

Created on: July 24, 2009

What paradigm? That is the type of response one would receive from the average voter in the United States today. It reflects the clandestine ignorance of the majority of the populace today. So the question becomes, why does the population continue to believe in the so called, left-right paradigm?

People continue to believe in fallacies like the left-right paradigm because they are inclined for some reason- to make decisions based on their feelings, rather than objective logic or rational thought unfortunately. There is a truism that convincingly explains why this happens. Neal Boortz, a political commentator who strikes the nail on the head often, but still partakes in the left-right paradigm wrote, there is often raw truth in insensitivity, just as you often find feel-good falsehoods and lies in compassion.

So there you have it. People are more inclined to accept something false, presented to them in a compassionate way, than something true, presented in non-compassionate way. There is countless anecdotal evidence that suggests the aforementioned is a precise explanation of what happens. For example, think about the salesman that attempts to empathize with you about whatever. Do they honestly (truthfully) care? Of course not, it's just one tactic of many that salesman use to convince you to buy, so they can get paid. Politics is not any different.

In politics, the salesmen are statist-Democrats or statist-Republicans, and the potential buyers are the voters the populace. So the question becomes, how do politicians get paid? Well, of course politicians receive their congressional pay, but where their lucrative pay comes from is the commissions (uh, lobby compensation) they get for making a sale. What is the sale? The sale is getting special interest bills into law, i.e. making sure the public buys the bill. If the politician was successful in getting a special interest bill into law, they will be compensated accordingly by the special interest lobbyist. Suffice it to say; most pending/proposed legislation no doubt, has special interest lobbyists behind it. The United States is more or less, a government of the lobbyists, for the lobbyists and by the lobbyists not the people.

This is the false left-right paradigm in American politics. Politicians from both parties are bought and paid for by lobbyists, and pass legislation that those lobbyists want which hinders social and economic freedom for the people. There are only two reasons the false paradigm continues to exist. 1.) Is because both parties market themselves as a contrast to the other - when in fact there is very little difference between the two. 2.) The lobbyists/elite - that have bought and paid for the politicians - know that if they allowed only one party to rule the country would be very susceptible to revolution. Two party rule seemingly mitigates that susceptibility. Keep in mind there are a handful of politicians in congress who are principled and for the people - but they are portrayed as outcasts by the rest.

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