Three days from now, there is going to be a march in Washington D.C. that claims to be “for freedom – for peace – for prosperity”. It would seem at first to be a great opportunity to protest the passage of the FISA Amendments Act.
Look closer, though, and you’ll see this commemorative ticket for the march.
Whose face is that on the ticket? Yes, by gum, it’s Ron Paul.
Ron Paul is plastered all over this “Revolution March”. Paul’s personality is so pervasive that the march really appears to be a political rally to support Ron Paul rather than a genuine protest for freedom and peace.
I would go to the protest, but I don’t want to be counted as among Ron Paul’s supporters. I don’t want my opposition to the FISA Amendments Act to be exploited in order to promote Ron Paul’s personal ambitions. I don’t want to join the Ron Paul devotees in their act of worship.
This protest reminds me what’s wrong with following politicians like Ron Paul and Barack Obama. Politicians can take their supporters’ energy and turn it against their supporters actual values, and do it at the drop of a hat. That’s what Barack Obama did when he broke the promises he had made to his supporters and announced his support for the FISA Amendments Act.
Politicians have an uncanny way of wrecking a political movement when they’re allowed to take the lead.
I’m not suggesting dropping out of politics. I’m suggesting that people get more truly involved in politics, by leaving their allegiance to politicians behind, and learning how to promote the ideals they believe in instead.
