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Democracy Chronicles

Hey America: Love is the Answer!

by Jack Jones - June 28, 2018

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Love is the Answer!
John Lennon – link

The annihilation of the world is the rational result of irrational people. Very often, we hire psychopaths to be the boss, foreman and administrators. Why does the alpha male usually get the job or the psychopath eventually rise to the top? In the business and banking communities, alpha males and psychopaths are in charge while the rational level headed people are stuck picking up the pieces or are assassinated (John Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X). Love is the Answer!

What’s wrong with promoting the hard working, intelligent person with ethics? Wouldn’t their good virtues encourage and motivate everyone around them? I’m not saying that I have all the answers but too many times I see people with an underdeveloped skill set promoted to places of power, because of their violent demeanor, that’s all they know.

The fool and the ignorant have only intimidation and violence as tools. They get into high positions that should require knowledge and conviction. Do not throw out the proverb that you catch more bees with honey.

Is this why Trump chose Exxon Mobil’s Rex Tillerson to be Secretary of State over Senator Bob Corker? And please don’t say it’s because of his rumored stature. This eventually led to the appointment of the Tea Party’s Mike Pompeo who has led the State Department into threats and bellicose rhetoric on Iran.

Yeah, we like to promote jerks and esteem men of low moral content. Individuals such as George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Dick Cheney with a capital D, Donald Rumsfeld and the boldest of them all: Donald Trump. Most of these people received draft deferments but, as true chicken hawks, can think only about war. That’s why I stop in reverence and pause every time I hear the sage peace activist and martyr John Lennon sing the phrase “Love is the Answer”!

We like to promote jerks and esteem men of low moral content. Most of them received draft deferments but, as true chicken hawks, can think only about war. That’s why I stop in reverence every time I hear the martyr John Lennon sing: “Love is the Answer”!

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About Jack Jones

Jack Jones writes for Democracy Chronicles from Chicago’s south suburbs where he grew up. He is a union electrician Local 134, certified minister from Berean University, AYSO board member and coach, basketball coach, Cub Scout leader, husband, father and social participant. Jack considers himself a gourmet junk food chef, political writer, musician and likes to contribute to the world around him. A former deacon and chaplain at Cook County Jail in Chicago, he feels that our out-of-control corporate, religious and political environment is to blame for many of the problems in the world today. Jack believes we need to get money out of politics and that the church should take care of people instead of trying to get hypocrites elected to public office.

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  1. David Anderson says

    June 30, 2018 at 11:32 am

    Excellent piece as usual from you, and love the artwork.

    While it is true people w/ narcissistic personality disorder are over-represented as CEOs and in government, they’re also over represented in prisons. It seems if you have little care for others it depends very much on how clever (and empathetic in a bad way) you are whether you hit the skids or achieve great status and power. Its a fine, dangerous line mainly governed by impulse control.
    .
    Its also notable that famous narcissists generally don’t get to the top via the usual negotiation process others do: thinking of dictators who use force/violence, or a certain president who owes his position in life to his father’s very helpful head start decades ago. Without Fred Trump, Donald would probably be hawking fake watches on 52nd St. today.

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    • Jack Jones says

      June 30, 2018 at 5:45 pm

      Thank you, David for commenting it’s a wonderful thing, that somebody cares what I have to say your a great guy. I read some of your articles last week your brilliant and your command of the English language is impressive. Your fan aswell Jack Jones

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  2. Jim Brennan says

    September 4, 2020 at 5:25 am

    I’m intrigued Jack, are you the guy who has managed to gain access to Mark Chapman? If so, how did this happen?
    Ive seen a documentary where you state you got a letter asking you to visit him, but you have also stated that you were invited in to talk to Mark through Harold Steel and the CEPHAS group.
    Im also interested in your new upcoming documentary for Sky. Will you now be receiving a financial reward for your Chapman ‘confidant’ relationship?
    Just curious.
    Jim

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    • Jack Jones says

      September 4, 2020 at 1:40 pm

      No, that is someone else.

      Reply

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