Political Ignorance Essay
Political ignorance only poses a problem if the politically informed continually dismiss the politically ignorant as, figuratively speaking, an embargo to freedom- an entity that must be dispelled and whose words must be muted or whose products must go unconsumed. Political ignorance only poses a problem if the politically informed settle on submission, on subservience, and throw the politically ignorant into the pit when it comes time for a sacrifice to be requested by perpetrators of tyranny, cloaked in artificial colors and crooning artificial slogans. Political ignorance only poses a problem if the politically informed choose to stand moderate in times when the politically ignorant bind and burn themselves; giving a last go at out-staunching the state. Political ignorance only poses a problem if you choose political ignorance over being politically
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informed. So, in other words, political ignorance has posed a problem for decades.
At times, it seems there is nothing to remedy such affairs as political corruption, political adversity, political nostalgia, or political inertia- alone, that is.
However, there is something that can indeed cure the cancer that is political ignorance, and thus exterminate the aforementioned altogether. Now, this cure isn’t quite so original. Doctors like Jello Biafra, Mark Levin, Murray Bookchin, and many before them have stressed so greatly the benefits of self-education, as well as the benefits of media infiltration- spreading the word, standing by your principles, disagreeing without having to be disagreeable (that one was Goldwater, actually). Though I myself am no innovator, and will never make such pretentious and inaccurate claims, I do believe that the antidote lies within self-education and media infiltration, and that this point must be more greatly discussed and practiced among all; especially those who can truly be considered as the informed party.
But, this in itself poses yet another question: how can we discern as to who is the informed party and who is the ignorant or “out-of-touch”
party? “Easy,” they’ll state, “I am the informed party. Look at all the books I’ve bought, all the shirts, all the magazines, and all these bricks I’ve thrown through windows to show that I won’t buy their product, and I refuse to stay silent when they spout their warped and utterly fictitious rhetoric!” Then another chimes, “Quite simple,” pausing for a moment only to gander at his wall, adorned by a collage- or mirage, rather- of the glory days of some ol’ donkey or elephant whom he is irrevocably and unconditionally enamored with, “I am the informed party. Notice the countless hours, the innumerable minutes I’ve spent caressing the very fabric, burying my head in the very sand of this man and his words.” The last decides to throw his hat in the ring by crying, “Wait a minute! It is neither of you invalids that should be deemed the informed party. I AM THE INFORMED PARTY. I am the leader of the gang, I am. Would you just look at all the followers I’ve amassed and all of the [unpublished] novels I’ve written! Take note of the list of corporations that I’ve attacked from the rear and have never pulled out of, though I’m not quite sure why I’m supposed to rail against them, other than the fact that I read too much Noam Chomsky when I was thirteen. Still, I am the informed party.”
informed. So, in other words, political ignorance has posed a problem for decades.
At times, it seems there is nothing to remedy such affairs as political corruption, political adversity, political nostalgia, or political inertia- alone, that is.
However, there is something that can indeed cure the cancer that is political ignorance, and thus exterminate the aforementioned altogether. Now, this cure isn’t quite so original. Doctors like Jello Biafra, Mark Levin, Murray Bookchin, and many before them have stressed so greatly the benefits of self-education, as well as the benefits of media infiltration- spreading the word, standing by your principles, disagreeing without having to be disagreeable (that one was Goldwater, actually). Though I myself am no innovator, and will never make such pretentious and inaccurate claims, I do believe that the antidote lies within self-education and media infiltration, and that this point must be more greatly discussed and practiced among all; especially those who can truly be considered as the informed party.
But, this in itself poses yet another question: how can we discern as to who is the informed party and who is the ignorant or “out-of-touch”
party? “Easy,” they’ll state, “I am the informed party. Look at all the books I’ve bought, all the shirts, all the magazines, and all these bricks I’ve thrown through windows to show that I won’t buy their product, and I refuse to stay silent when they spout their warped and utterly fictitious rhetoric!” Then another chimes, “Quite simple,” pausing for a moment only to gander at his wall, adorned by a collage- or mirage, rather- of the glory days of some ol’ donkey or elephant whom he is irrevocably and unconditionally enamored with, “I am the informed party. Notice the countless hours, the innumerable minutes I’ve spent caressing the very fabric, burying my head in the very sand of this man and his words.” The last decides to throw his hat in the ring by crying, “Wait a minute! It is neither of you invalids that should be deemed the informed party. I AM THE INFORMED PARTY. I am the leader of the gang, I am. Would you just look at all the followers I’ve amassed and all of the [unpublished] novels I’ve written! Take note of the list of corporations that I’ve attacked from the rear and have never pulled out of, though I’m not quite sure why I’m supposed to rail against them, other than the fact that I read too much Noam Chomsky when I was thirteen. Still, I am the informed party.”