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A Corrupted Nation How does a nation that is the most powerful in the world have poverty issues? How is it that the rich get richer and yet the poor continue to stay poor? If the government fulfills all of it’s promises then these wouldn’t be issues. But the people that make up the government supply the public with words they think we want to hear rather then actual results. Tomas Sowell describes these people and their words in his book ”The Vision of The Anointed”. Sowell’s ideas, my not be targeting the government in particular, but in my opinion his ideas reflect those actions made by the U.S. government. I have developed my opinions in relation to Sowell’s ideas, and examples. In the book there are such chapter’s titled, “Flattering Unction”, “By The Numbers”, “The Irrelevance of Evidence”, and “Optional Reality”, all of which I will use in this essay to further support my ideas. Also, I will use many points given by John Stossel, in his video “Stossel Goes to Washington”. Stossel, questions actions which were wrongfully made, brings about ideas and points that most people wouldn’t dare, and recognizes lies and deceit. The government takes our loyalty and trust, for stupidity and ignorance, power is their number one priority, and they have no integrity and are hypocritical. These are all characteristics of corruption. The characteristics are not always recognized for the simple fact that “we the people” trust our government to protect us, but where do we turn for protection from our government? The government takes our loyalty and trust, for stupidity and ignorance. As said in Chapter One, Flattering Unction, “Few have spent their entire lives outside the vision of the anointed, and virtually no one has been unaffected by it”. In other words, everyone is affected by the decisions, and promises made. The first step to recognizing the negativities of these actions and promises, is understanding the vision of the anointed. The anointed refers to the “higher power”, and the vision refers to their ideas of what this country should and will be. No matter the situation, or what we say or do, they will do what they think is the proper alternative. This idea is brought about in Chapter Four, The Irrelevance of Evidence. The reason for this is if there is no logical explanation for an action, all they have to do is make something up. An example of this is statistics.
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