When Good People Do Nothing
By Steve Rossiter ——Bio and Archives--March 12, 2024
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For the record, this phrase is most often attributed to Edmund Burke. My research found that this is probably not the case, and the actual originator has not been identified. However, no matter who first uttered this phase, there is a tremendous amount of wisdom and truth contained therein. For the purpose of this article, I’m going to paraphrase the above to better reflect our times.
In North America and the rest of the civilized world, good is in a life and death struggle against evil. To clarify my point; Good is at all-out War with Evil. Sadly, only a minority of the good people in the world recognize the existential threat that evil people represent.
At all levels of government are resplendent with evil corrupt elected government officials who have violated their oath of office to line their own pockets with riches. These evil people are liars and cheats and use taxpayer’s money to bestow favors on the selected evil oligarchs that fund their corruption. These evil corruptocrats are known as presidents, governors, senators, congressmen, legislators, mayors, councilmen, district attorneys, and school boards.
All levels of government are also resplendent with evil corrupt career........
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