incompetent oppression

INCOMPETENT OPPRESSION
The Three Amigos over at http://tslrf.blogspot.com/ had an article on how incompetent government was incapable of conspiracy. Now, I love their site and on very few occasions I enjoy a rational discussion not larded full of paranoia and fear. But only so I can bask in the glow of nostalgia, remembering my more innocent days as I sat out on the lawn and watched the clouds drift by, content to mellow out with a beer and the dream of the start of a middle class lifestyle. Ahhh, youth. So refreshingly optimistic. So able to ignore reality. By and large they are correct in that government is incompetent and extremely wasteful. But this begs a look back at our article on quantity having a quality all its own. First, if enough monkeys pound away at a room full of typewriters then obviously given enough time, and if they are continuously fed and refrain from too many fecal fights with each other, the Great American Novel will appear ( I’m not certain but perhaps this hypothetical scenario has already been put into practice as evidenced by the horrid vomited stream of James Patterson “best sellers” ). Second, it doesn’t matter that the majority of government idiots are in the monkey typing pool. It only takes a small number of competent agents to do the important work. The idiots will do as they are told to protect their pensions so it isn’t about interdepartmental cooperation as it is about a good conductor to a pitiful High School band.
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I totally agree that the simplest explanation is most likely the correct one. Unless the simple explanation is mere camouflage. I don’t see conspiracies around every corner. There is not a super secret group controlling the globe. First, no one cooperates that well. The members would be back stabbing each other PDQ. Second, you can’t have a centralization in a declining energy environment. But conspiracies are a reality to a certain point. Such as a dishonest merchant bribing a Senator to get a contract to feed the military or Indian Reservation and using substandard items. That went on for over a hundred years. Such as the military subjecting soldiers to radioactivity, Agent Orange and depleted uranium. When these things are admitted to, they are abuses of power. Before that they are merely conspiracy theories. Yes, a lot of times it is only ignorance and greed that lead to these activities. The only conspiracy theory is the cover your ass after the public outcry. But that certainly can’t rule out the occasional successful start to finish diabolical plan.
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Government is not here to protect us. The robbed household member or the cop on the beat might actually believe that LEO’s are here to Protect And Serve. But they missed the part about who is protected. Judges getting a paycheck from the public treasury don’t rule against those that pay them and law enforcement is there to enforce laws. Just or not. Public protection is the sugar that forces the medicine down easier. If government is here to protect itself, then why is it so hard to believe that smoke filled rooms aren’t full of plans against our interests? Of course the Feds couldn’t save New Orleans residents. They could care less as their manpower was over in the oil fields. But could an agency plant internal charges in buildings in Oklahoma City and NYC to further their control and economic interests? Of course. Instead of asking for the simplest explanation you should be asking Who Benefits.
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Can you get stupid with conspiracy theories? Sure. It can be a huge time sink to figure out why Kennedy was killed or if we actually landed on the moon. But is it so hard to think that something isn’t kosher in Denmark when a skyscraper blocks away from the twin towers also falls inward, or when the hole in the side of the Pentagon is not the larger size of a jet engine or body but the size of a bunker buster missile? Who Benefits.
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