Nature Kills Politicians
Okay so I don't want to get you all riled up, but I do want to draw your attention to something, which is in keeping with what I have been saying about 'nature' being the actual real boss. What I mean is well demonstrated in this comment below which was under a recent article about the drama evolving in China around community panic due to a shortage of masks and services (no matter what you think about the media overstating the virus thing)
"Amazing what nature can do in a few short weeks to open eyes to an inept government. And I include all governments in that assessment."
Yes, people are starting to get mad in China. How severe it is will become evident perhaps over the coming weeks. So it does not matter what we perceive as westerners about whether or not the extent of the virus is 'really bad' or not (the mainstream media messages), it does not matter if the Chinese people see those messages too. This is all about perception and its consequences in a population or village of human beings. They are living with the real consequences on the ground (not even of the disease itself) but with the 'feeling' that they are not cared for by the 'all-powerful government". That is what is real - the perception. And even though perception is not real, it creates real physical consequences. The very reason China is a communist country is because of perception. They cant get 'masks'... people are saying they can't escape the 'town', soon it will be food and water, they cant go to work, there are not enough hospital beds, etc... it goes on. These are real enough but the stronger force is the feeling of it. Even if it’s not true!
The Chinese government with its usual inept bureaucratic swamp (no different than ours) simply cannot do what they have led the sheep to think they can do, in order to get them to 'comply', over the decades. Therefore what is occurring is 'nature' (a virus), and human nature, which is hard-wired (by nature) to SURVIVE at all costs - is now showing that any institution that takes power over 'the ten thousand villages', by taking power away from those villages - does not have any power at all - when it comes to natures rules.
By nature humans are power-seeking arseholes as we know due to the absolute power corrupts principle - but what is also 'natural' is that humans in villages will blame that 'power' that promised 'safety' in exchange for their obedience. When the safety fails, (or a sense of it), then revolution occurs through violence. Why? Because violence is the last resort of human nature to save its existence on a scale of a single heart beating. Who would not fight for their life if there was a chance it could be extinguished? If one's life appears to be under threat (as it seems to be with the virus), then they/we/ I care not for that 'deal', if the government or authority fails on its end in the deal. All deals are off. Hence this could happen in China, America, or Australia.
The chances of it occurring are simply this:- is the need of the population (under the promise) able to be met by the authority/power making the deal. So that is why when peoples houses burn down in Australia due to bushfires (which is nothing to do with the government), the people will blame the present government for not keeping them safe. Such is the level of sheep-like reliance on the government for their welfare in their minds. The reason is the government has claimed to be in charge of state forests, and their upkeep and care. It controls them. It controls them from some distant temple in Canberra with more politicians holding a 'portfolio of bush fire control' despite not ever having stepped foot into one let alone a bush fire! They make decisions based on the best policy looks for the next election.
The government has said it is in charge of fire fighting resources. The government (federal, state and local) policies your backyard firebreaks and its verges (which it never keeps to the standard our backyards in the bush must be). Blanket policies are applied, and no local on the ground who does have skin in the game is ever asked for an opinion. Those who make the decisions will not lose their houses if the policy does not fit the area. The government approves homes built in historically fire-prone areas because why? Did someone receive a wee kickback from a developer? Then who is to blame when that area is under threat from a bush fire?
People, as in citizens on the ground, fail to exercise their instinctual common sense in regards to the risks because they feel its not their responsibility because the government has told them that it is not by claiming power over the enforcing of it. People want to take care, but they are not allowed. Not unlike a victim getting charged for defending himself when an intruder breaks into his house.
Perhaps the lesson for politicians and power-hungry leaders is this, never let your population exceed your capacity to provide for their every single need of every single citizen if you want to take up the role of a 'dear and great leader' over them. If you do, you better keep your bunker ready. In other words, your false promises will come back to bite you if 'nature' tests your power every time. Good luck with that.