Politics please?

Well, today I did my civic duty and headed over to the polls. I am not going to post what/who I did and did not vote for.. but I do want to get out some random thoughts on government in general.

When does a nation know it's time to reform their government? In the past Kings would be preforming genocide, or just taxing the people so much they were all starving in the streets. Now, it's not quite that obvious, so how do you know how BAD it really is?

I was just thinking about the Colonials, and how they worked up the courage to demand representation. To jump into the unknown. Not knowing if they would A) Win and B) If the new government they created would be any better then the previous one. What a scary thought, trying to change things, to make them better and everything just being worse!

I do think that people, as a whole need to change and progress. But not all change is good. Not all experiences make you a better or wiser person. Unfortunately, we do not have hindsight for what's to come. One choice that might seem simple to us now could be detrimental later. It's the unknown, it's scary and thrilling at the same time.

I am going to try to look to the future with hope, rather then fear. Right now is a very scary time, there is so much bad going on around us that we sometimes miss the good. Lets see how this election turns out!