Hillary inching ever closer to the power she has sought relentlessly.
I fear there will never be enough. As much as her public persona is the current portrait of the American ruling class, I fear Hillary Clinton will always see herself battling against the status quo—always fearful and envious of the status quo to come if she not the one in control.
She may be right for the time being. Though I highly encourage everyone to watch the documentaries Clinton Cash and Poverty, Inc., to read books critical of the Clintons such as the late Christopher Hitchens’ No One Left to Lie To, and to follow the details reported on the Clintons’ back room dealings, I also encourage people not to lose sight of the larger problem: the state itself.
A Portrait or Mirror?
Many Americans do seem to be projecting their worst fears about politics onto the Clintons without seeing the same horrible qualities in their own political champions. As awful as Hillary Clinton may be, Donald Trump may prove to be just as bullying, murderous, and thieving. And if not Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, someone else will take their place if Americans do not see the portrait of the American establishment is no portrait at all but a mirror.
Someone else will take their place if we do not see that the establishment is no portrait, but a mirror.So, the next time you recoil in the face of Hillary’s corruption ask yourself, “Would I or the people I support truly behave any differently in such a wicked world?” This not as a way of excusing any corrupt power, but as a reminder of how power can corrupt to even the best of our intentions.
As long as human beings, free of regret, continue to make the mistake of granting immense power and impunity to “their” governments, there will always be cronies to damn, corruption to root out, establishments to fight, and innocent fellows trampled underfoot in the process.
Hopefully, we will one day realize the promise of power is one of the oldest temptations known to man, leading to mistake after bloody mistake. But until that day comes, it seems Lord Henry Wotton has our number when he whispers like a snake to anyone who will listen, “That is one of the great secrets of life. Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense and discover too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.”
With such a motto ringing in our ears, I can expect we will soon see the portrait of President Hillary Rodham Clinton staring back at us through shadow and shade with a touch of cruelty.
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Joey Clark is a budding wordsmith and liberty lover. He blogs under the heading “The Libertarian Fool” at joeyclark.liberty.me. Follow him on Facebook.
