Reconciliation

Why do we accept this from our government?

A moral disconnect has permeated into our collective consciousness that continues to polarize society. The left and the right scramble for control of the high ground while destroying the fabric of what it means to live in a free, just society. The majority seem to be oblivious of this contradiction as long as unsustainable economic growth remains the priority.

I’m old enough to remember when news reporting was politically unbiased and trusted as such. Today unbalanced reporting is so widely accepted that people only tune into news sources whose skewed reporting support their own political views. If they do get exposed to a documented fact that does not adhere to their preferred skewed presentation, they write it off as a biased attack on their political leanings.

The west’s foreign policy seems to value revenge over reconciliation and might over right. So much so that we continue to suppress rights and freedoms at home that we supposedly have soldiers dying overseas to protect. At the same time it seems our politicians are perpetuating such a deep divide in our own political landscape and instigating civil unrest that the spectre of civil war can no longer be considered farfetched.

How can we continue to claim the moral high ground in international disputes when we can’t seem to even reconcile at home?

“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.” - Edward R. Murrow (1908 - 1965)