We've Only Just Begun

... I haven't finished. And yet some sort of closure is necessary. More questions, more sidenotes, things that have nothing to do with what the question was, things that were somewhat applicable but ended up veering into the abyss and things that were on topic and jumped straight off the thin white line keep cropping up everywhere. Rather than develop a cohesive argument with well fleshed out ideas and explanations, I've more or less created a stream of consciousness along which some more-or-less reasonably formulated ideas have appeared. Along the way I've gone left and right to find things that would further my argument, or ended up proving me wrong, thus forcing me to either fess up or Delete Spam And Rewrite a more suitable progression. I've also stated countless times that I had no idea where I was going. The advantage is that now, I can keep using this to create some kind of personal database... Though I'm unsure of how it works as a conclusion. Usually I would write a whole bunch of ideas for how to wrap up my text and I'd keep writing until an exoskeleton appeared, crop that and stick the good stock phrases in there. But this time the entire project was developped like this, me thinking with my fingers...

At any rate, I did somewhat answer my question. Democracy is, I have to admit, not bad. It's not the best system and internationally the response sucks across the board, but for governing a country, it's pretty close to decent. The only thing it needs to work is public response, to which Monbiot agrees, according to that interview he gave. The challenge here is getting a government to show their cards.

Wait. The school doesn't show it's cards. There was an incident in the JWLY department where they decided to shut off the gas at 10 instead of 12, and the SUNSCAD girl that marched into the studio created such a ruckus that I personally ran up to the Dean's office and asked for an explanation. Not the best way to deal with it. I later learned that they had hired an additional tech to compensate, and explained that there was no choice, that the studio had always created concern but they had simply been waived until the wave of incidents this winter term... Lillian further reassured me by explaining the situation, and the Craft chair came down and explained the situation in detail - though by then we already knew everything... I had asked the Dean why they bothered to tell us if they thought it the advantages outweighed the inconveniences. She said "That's what we do." Though I hated that reply immediately, and dismissed it as condescending, Lillian reassured me that the Dean was a trustworthy woman. My point is this. People across the net and on the boards complain about how all of our leaders suck and we can never get them to change so there's no use in trying. That corruption is rampant in the upper echelons of any corporation and any society, and that's just how things are so we better brace ourselves and take what we can steal because that's all we're going to get. Though I'm more or less one of those people, I think now that's a fairly gray and cynical vision. The main idea is that democracy can work if we can begin to have faith in it, rather than sitting on our laurels waiting for the good things to come. When the people mobilize in the name of democracy, to protest and make some noise so their opinions and views are heard, they are complaining about the system, but their actions show that they are placing their trust in democracy's power to change things. Sometimes it can get the parliament to think about, to talk about an issue when the leaders previously set on, or unaware of.  This may lead to change, because ultimately, they are the civil servants, not the other way around. Since their job is to move in the direction they think is best, it would help if we had a bit of faith in their abilities. I'm not a grown man yet, so it's better if I don't get all caught up in fear of what can't be done, and actually do something, say something, when I think it should be so.


Don't you think that's a fairly youthful conclusion? I do think I have some kind of redundant skill at making these sorts of endings. Could come in handy if I decide to make stories. Essays, well I have to hope that the reader is similarly idealistic.