Barakracy
I normally don't make political posts, but I'm really disappointed about something.
I was sitting around the game table, playing Power Grid with some friends when we were talking about various things. The election year politics obviously came up... it's just that time. Power Grid has a "bureaucracy" phase. Every one at the table is voting Obama. Incidental acquaintances aside, I don't think I'm friends with anyone that is voting McCain, at least no one willing to admit it.
The term "Barakracy" came into my head. I figured it was a long shot, but thought perhaps I was the first person to think of it, or at least I could be the first to Blog about it. Unfortunately, not only have I been beaten to the punch line, but by people that are too ignorant to understand the difference between healthy bureaucracy and the ridiculous mess we have now.
I wasn't thinking of Barakracy as a negative term. The kind of change Obama could help drive into our political system would be a vast improvement over what we have now. Yes, Democrats are about more government involvement, but many people confuse the emphasis to mean simply more government. The tricks played by the republican party since the first Bush administration (traceable back at least as far as Regan) have made it very clear that the hot-cold approach to government involvement doesn't work, if for no other reason than because it gives politicians even more opportunity to further their own financial advantage.
It's convenient to place the blame for the current mess we have on this country with Democrats that are stereotyped as promoting "bigger government". Such a claim, however, is not accurate. The Republicans have an equal if not greater share in the blame because when it comes right down to it the party has a fundamental conflict of interest between the party ideals and how they manage to effect change for the people they are supposed to be representing.
I welcome Barakracy. Bureaucracy is necessary, the alternatives are anarchy or monarchy. Our representative government is built on a prerequisite foundation of bureaucracy.
By definition, democracy is bureaucracy. When implemented in the right portions, bureaucracy is effective. Barakracy is a change for the better that we can believe in. I feel it is a term we should tout with pride.
I was sitting around the game table, playing Power Grid with some friends when we were talking about various things. The election year politics obviously came up... it's just that time. Power Grid has a "bureaucracy" phase. Every one at the table is voting Obama. Incidental acquaintances aside, I don't think I'm friends with anyone that is voting McCain, at least no one willing to admit it.
The term "Barakracy" came into my head. I figured it was a long shot, but thought perhaps I was the first person to think of it, or at least I could be the first to Blog about it. Unfortunately, not only have I been beaten to the punch line, but by people that are too ignorant to understand the difference between healthy bureaucracy and the ridiculous mess we have now.
I wasn't thinking of Barakracy as a negative term. The kind of change Obama could help drive into our political system would be a vast improvement over what we have now. Yes, Democrats are about more government involvement, but many people confuse the emphasis to mean simply more government. The tricks played by the republican party since the first Bush administration (traceable back at least as far as Regan) have made it very clear that the hot-cold approach to government involvement doesn't work, if for no other reason than because it gives politicians even more opportunity to further their own financial advantage.
It's convenient to place the blame for the current mess we have on this country with Democrats that are stereotyped as promoting "bigger government". Such a claim, however, is not accurate. The Republicans have an equal if not greater share in the blame because when it comes right down to it the party has a fundamental conflict of interest between the party ideals and how they manage to effect change for the people they are supposed to be representing.
I welcome Barakracy. Bureaucracy is necessary, the alternatives are anarchy or monarchy. Our representative government is built on a prerequisite foundation of bureaucracy.
By definition, democracy is bureaucracy. When implemented in the right portions, bureaucracy is effective. Barakracy is a change for the better that we can believe in. I feel it is a term we should tout with pride.