Crazy Horse on power and apathy

If the various levels of government in the US can lay claim to anything, it is a staunch refusal to learn from history.

The current riots are because of the unwarranted killing of a black man by a policeman.  The people have had enough and a rioting against all levels of government for the discriminatory behaviour against minorities, even though their current ire is against police forces.

The problem is long standing and cultural.  America prides itself on being a country of laws and uses them prolifically nationally and internationally, giving a sense of absolute power to those holding power.

It is natural that this sense of power entitlement shifts down the line to police forces, whereby police members feel they have the power and right to do as they want, a power bestowed upon them only through the uniform they wear, a power entitling them to dishonour all good behaviour because they see the minorities as unequal.

What have they learned from the time of their dishonourable behaviour towards the Indian.

The problem is in their so called belief in being a country of laws and the stringent way they enforce them to suit their own ends.

A country is not measured as being civilised through the amount of laws they have and enforce; rather civilisation is measured by the tolerance given in the application of laws.

There is an exception to this: Australia, where the people would not riot over abuses against their aborigines because they are too apathetic.

Abuse of power and apathy are equally dangerous.

From my guide Crazy Horse through Ian Rogers Director Sphinx Spiritual