In Response: No madness in U.S. actions

By ERIC BOOTH

Last week’s Driftwood editorial started out with the following line: “We would really rather not talk about the madness and upheaval emanating from the dissolving democracy to the south of us.”

Really? Madness? Dissolution of democracy?

I don’t know which mainstream media outlet(s) from which that opinion was born, however, what the world is witnessing is actually a rebirth of what is loosely referred to as “democracy.” That having been said, the United States has never been a “democracy.” It is, in fact, a republic.

The word “democracy” in the context of a republic refers to the process by which people choose leaders by voting.

Now, unless I missed something last November, a democratic process of voting led to the election of a new leader and a new administration by a majority of voters. There was no dissolution of democracy during that process.

What has occurred since the new administration has come into office is, in fact, a continuation of the democratic process wherein the voters are getting exactly what they voted for. That may perhaps seem unusual to some, given politicians aren’t well known for following through with their election promises.

However, the only “madness” I am witnessing is the hysterical, hypocritical gnashing of teeth from those whose candidate(s) was/were unsuccessful. And many of those who are the most vocal appear to be those who are now in the sights of long-deserved, democratic justice. How does an elected representative, making a couple of hundred thousand a year, end up with a net worth in the tens of millions? Great work if you can get it —and we are going to find out exactly how that occurs.

The governor of New York has just been accused in a lawsuit of aiding and abetting illegal aliens. Massive slush funds are being exposed. The expenditure of trillions of dollars of taxpayer money is now being audited in a transparent manner never before seen in any democracy I am aware of, with the possible recent exception of Argentina and El Salvador. Peace is breaking out in the Middle East and it appears the Ukrainian/Russian conflict is nearly concluded.

Mainstream media, in all forms, is, and thankfully so, in its final death throws. Freedom of speech is being secured. Criminals will face public accounting of their crimes.

And, while this is all happening south of the border, the majority of Canadians (according to believable polls) are praying a new federal government in Canada will have its own department of government efficiency. And when that happens, the cries of the bloated bureaucracy north of the border will be heard in the short term, but, once the smoke clears, the average Canadian will have more money in their pocket and, more importantly, actual hope for the future.

So, everyone out there currently suffering from “Trump derangement syndrome” has a rather simple choice to make. Either turn off your TV and seek “alternative” news sources, not controlled by multinational corporate cartels, and learn what is really going on, or, get used to losing . . . because we, the majority, are going to be winning for the foreseeable future.