Imagine a country where the ones who rule it are insensitive to the voice of the citizens.
Imagine a country in which the leaders presume to know what is good for the people and run secret agendas.
Imagine that your leaders isolate themselves from public appearances and gatherings.
Imagine that the media colludes and is manipulated and controlled by the leaders and joins in providing misinformation.
Imagine that the military keeps it's soldiers longer than they want, past their promised terms.
Imagine that people can be gathered up in the middle of the night and there is no accountability for what happens to them.
Imagine that these people are tortured and imprisoned without due process.
Imagine that any resistance to the above is called unpatriotic and shameful.
Imagine that those that will support the leaders are rewarded with privilege, money, and power.
Imagine that companies that profit from the existing system control the supply of goods.
Imagine that the awarding of lucrative contracts is given to those companies who work to keep the existing and corrupt system alive.
Imagine that an inconceivably large amount of money just disappears.
Imagine that those who stick their head up and say this is wrong are punished in many creative ways.
Imagine that I am talking about Burma.
Sound to close for comfort?
Think this couldn’t happen to you?
Coming soon to a land near you?
Or already here.
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3 comments:
Thank you for holding the focus on this issue.
It feels to me like hope is dwindling, not just for the situation in Burma, but in the idea that our fellow human rights and needs can and will win out over the more machinistic economic forces.
What if there is a chance that they might not? What if in the face of that, I feel as powerless to help as I do now?
I'll staying tuned for what's next.
Jeremy
I believe that global trends will show up at home. That is why it is so important for us to affect the planet on every front that we can.
We can influence such trends.
As world leaders and the corporations that wield such strong influence over them see what will or will not be tolerated they will have to adjust to survive and every organism will adapt to survive.
I am optimistic because I am seeing the pendulum swing back to a way of being that honors sustainability.
Having said that we have a long way to go as the inertia of this moment is still moving in the wrong direction, thankfully it is slowing.
So when we look at Burma as part of the global consciousness as we push back on corruption there we push corruption back everywhere.
Patrick. Thank you. Your Significance is of such great service to the world. We need to hear what you have to say. Speak on!
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