The anarchist, Emma Goldman said
that, "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." How true
that is about governments and their politics. Another saying I’ve heard is,
“Whoever you vote for, the government wins.”
Politics and government were
created by the rich for the rich and those who work for the government are
servants to do the bidding of the rich. Below them are the police and armed
forces to do the dirty work.
In the past, government served the
establishment such as the monarchy, the nobility and religion to make laws to keep
the peasants in their place. In some ways it still does, except that their
powers have been lessened. A few centuries ago the monarchy wielded a divine
power over their people, giving them the right to kill anyone who dared to
think differently. This included blasphemy against the established religion.
There are still parts of the world
that use such methods, under the control of dictators.
The peasants can’t be kept in
their place with that type of force as used in the past, although the
establishment wishes they could. Public protest is safer without the organisers
being arrested, tortured and executed. In the past, those who took part in any
activity were regarded as unthinking followers of their leaders.
For example, when the nobility
began to enclose land by taking over public land and expelling the common
people who had farmed there for centuries, any resistance could be quelled by
military force.
Now the government works for any
individual or organisation that possesses wealth which still includes the
monarchy and nobility. The police find it easier to concentrate on small
companies and individuals who evade paying taxes. At the same time, wealthy
individuals and large companies can find ways to escape paying many millions,
quite often using loopholes in the law. These companies can do as they please,
with the governments backing.