-- October 6, 2010 --
As complex as human beings are, the reasons why most in the Political Class want to control the lives of others are as varied as the persons themselves.
The reasons range from:
Greed for Power
To Enrich Themselves
Self-steem Issues
Lack of Identity
A Personality Disorder (Sociopath) *** My guess, this is the most common ***
Thomas Jefferson: "I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others".
Slavery is the ultimate demonstration of control over other people's lives. To be deprived of freedom and made to toil for the benefit of a person or certain groups of powerful people is the second highest humiliation. In the free world where slavery is frowned upon, this is done in subtle, less obvious ways by deception. Every bit of leverage is used and every human weakness explored in order to be exploited. Thousand of laws are stacked onto laws making almost everything a violation. If you are not clearly in violation, the Political Class will lie about the violation and force you to defend yourself at great cost.
The tools of the Political Class are:
Laws
Regulations
Codes
Procedures
Political Correctness
How aggressively you are attacked depends on how serious a threat you are to the people in power.
A minor threat may be met with "Well that's not the way we do things here"
A major threat may get you charged with a crime. Now you will have to defend yourself at great cost.
The Political Class think this way:
1. Identify a problem. (if it's not a problem or not much of a problem, then lie!)
2. Amplify the problem. (use the media, exaggerate or just plain lie!)
3. Present yourself as the solution to the problem. (elect or empower me)
4. Tax or create a $ penalty related to the problem. (more money for the Political Class is alway good!)
EXAMPLE: Cell Phone use in your car. This one is great because you may have done nothing wrong except have a phone in you hand.
Of course this does not apply to the Political Class. How many times have you seen a person in a goverment car on their cell phone?
Who are the Political Class:
Politicians ----------------- Objective: To stay in Power at any cost.
Lawyers ------------------- Objective: Make as much Money as possible.
Labor Union Leaders ---- Objective: Power and Money.
Public Employees -------- Objective: Money and Security with little hard work.
It's a shame that most of these people are capable of much better things, yet they choose to.....
By: Henry Dudley -- Thanks to Luningning Sugbu who was the starting point for my work.
http://www.helium.com/items/1059245-why-do-people-want-to-control-the-lives-of-others