I have struggled furiously over the past three months to understand where DU, Democratic Underground, has changed so much over the 7, 7 1/2 years I've been a part of it. To have it come to the point where I don't recognize the place, to a point where I fear saying anything too free thinking, I am just filled with a wonder how nebulous acceptance is in the world of politics.
I also firmly believe that no politician is a god, extraordinary, or even inherently wonderful. If a politician can give that impression, he or she is an excellent actor, but just as devious as the next guy. A real statesman (or woman) doesn't exist anymore--perhaps never did. Some have come close, but not all smiles are real, not all words are sweet, not all dreams are pure.
As we come to the final end of the 20th century, nearly ten years into the 21st, we can approach the new century with some hope, but also must realize that not everything is as good as it can be, and most of us are bruised and sore from the past century. Some of us are more cynical than others, and some of us can only see change for the better as a distant dream. Centuries--nay, millennia--of history have only made resonant that evil and apathy win far more than hope and brotherhood.
I'm not exactly a poster of every day thoughts, but I will try to keep up. In the meantime, I will be copying some of my old posts from DU here so that they may live on to some degree--my abondonment of the Democratic Underground will trickle and not be abrupt: I guess it is difficult for me to dissolve the political bands that connect me to them. ;)
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