Maybe Just Maybe
Friends and readers. Changes in society are due chiefly to the development of the internal contradictions in society that is,the contradiction between the productive forces and the relations of production, the contradiction between classes and the contradiction between the old and the new; it is the development of these contridictions that pushes society forward and gives the impetus for the supersession of the old society by the new.
The only way to settle questions of an ideological nature or cotroversial issues among the people is by the democratic method, the method of discussion,of criticism, of per suasion and education and not by the method of coercion or repression.
It is with these and other thoughts that people form ideas about how communitys and societys evolve and thrive, how do you get the best you can for your community, how best to use resources so that it benifits those who really need it. Can we as a community empower ourselves to take action to improve our esteem and standing, is it possible-yes it is, you would not think so if you listened to some of these -professionals who come into communitys and try to tell us what we need, instead of listening and reacting to a communitys needs i dare say like politicians should.
It is in the interests of all to take control of your community and push it in the direction of people progress, local hospital, not one at the other side of the city, decent housing real interest in our childrens education, social interaction, an air of decency towards our neighbours, a willingness to support those who need our help, these and other factors help make up a community and thereby society. What we get right now is patronise and placate, lots of words and promises we have even got the new jeruselem of the waterfront and the latest line in democracy the answer to all our prayers the heaven sent community councils.Â
All of this pales into insignificance if we empower communitys to take action on their behalf to be proactive to matters which affect their community, to make sure that no politician takes a party line to your community, for that way lies oblivion and resentment, causing splits in communitys therby allowing political partys to dominate communitys and use them as footballs to be kicked around to suit the partys interests.
It is with these heart felt thoughts and feelings you have to ask yourselves what really stops you from being proactive, what prevents you from standing up, and demanding politicans do as you want. Simple we have never really done it consistently enough to make a real difference.  Â
So as a community we must challenge ourselves to make a difference, to oversee positive change not the secrecy of closed door changes, not the Waterfront type changes which this community has absolutly no involvement in what so ever, but the change which encourages openess, honesty, transparency of action, people focused change, to be treated as human beings not as a pawn in some game of political chess.Â
We live in a world of political correctness a way of hiding the truth from people, by wraping it up in tightly bright packaged parcels, which you dare mot open because you might offend someone, when in reality it is a smoke screen, a pretence to care, a maze of legislation to baffle a community into saying and doing the right thing, while meantime the decisions are taken from your hands and we do not even see it coming.
So rip open these parcels and see what has become of communitys like ours , sanitised to the point of numbness lack of clarity to be ourselves and a focal point to far from our grasp to be anything other than a mirage.
These are communitys in the 21st century not because of something we have done more something we have not done. We have elected politicians to promote and take forward our communitys we have trusted our judgement in doing so, and we have become eunuchs powerless to do much about anything, because it has over a period of time secretly been taken away from us, and if the truth be told, we are to some degree frightened that if we take away this imaginary safety net then we will be lost forever in the wilderness.
Well friends and readers that is simply not true, it is a myth spread about to protect our rulers from losing there precious seats-the threat being if you do not vote for us and thereby the party machine you will lose everything you have got and we wont be there to help you. The question is what have you really got.