Brief Letter To a Young Politician In the Making
dear friend,
my fear for you, is that you are filled with a
fire in your
belly &
that out of anger at seeing the
bull*****that is going on around you,
you have felt the need for a while
to try & change things for the better---
while this is most certainly an
admirable trait
for anyone to hold,
the idea that you are limited to the
channels which the powers that be
offer you on a platter,
is one that if you let it, will inevitably
corrupt you & destroy
all the genuine “goodness,”
if i might be so bold,
which you have inside you---
i speak to you with this in mind
due to the intimate nature of a personal
friendship, which has spanned a few years,
during which the both of us have shared
many a conversation on
the nature of the world,
the so-called political structure that this
empire wields &
philosophy in general.
there are other ways of using the energy
which you have exemplified to me
personally, a thousand times over---
history has shown you in all the books you
have read & from the mouths of all those
whom you admire that have never been
disfigured by the american political process,
that there is a plethora of inspirational
women & men, who have been committed to
the betterment of our people & the human
species in totality,
that have never even pondered
the aspirations of power that would lead
someone to offer up their hands
to the bloodying, dirtying &
tying,
which shows itself to be essential
for the climbing of that
fateful ladder,
here in the belly of the empire.
rather than spend weeks & months
thinking about the most “appropriate”
way to express your concerns about
this world & the country in which you live,
DO SOMETHING NOW---
it’s ok!
nobody is going to hold it against you---
nobody worth anything, that is.
with all the sincerity i can muster,
-delapruch
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