Apoliticism is apathy or antipathy towards all political affiliations. The Collins Dictionary defines apolitical as "politically neutral; without political attitudes, content, or bias." Other definitions call it having no interest or involvement in political affairs.
I am of the strong opinion that there are two entities that MUST exist as apolitical bodies in order to maintain a strong, free country. One of those is sometimes called the fourth estate - the media. The other is the Supreme Court. If either one becomes politicized, then freedom, majority rule, and free thought mean little. Unfortunately, both of these have been coopted by political leanings and ideology to the extent that their purpose changes dramatically. Both of these no longer serve the constituency, but instead uses it's position to influence society toward their ideology.
Take first the media. As a product of the 1950's and 1960's, I well remember when news reporters gave you what happened. That was it. They rarely had panels of experts to interpret the news, but instead gave the facts and expected the viewers to be intelligent enough to determine how that affected them. The likes of Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, and Walter Cronkite stood firm in the fact that their personal opinion should not enter into the discussion. It was essentially irrelevant.
Plus, the news programs happened once a day - not this round-the-clock constant stream of opinion pieces interspersed with snippets of things that fit the agenda. The shift in emphasis happened, in my opinion, with the advent of the 24 hour channels - CNN being the first of note. With that amount of available airtime, and not enough happenings to report, it was necessary to create filler. That filler has evolved over time to be spin, indoctrination, with much of it questionable as far as truth and believability.
So, my call is that the media has ceased to be apolitical. Whomever you listen to is grinding an axe for one side or the other. The is no more reporting - just more and more filler.
The score now stands at politics 1, freedom 0.
That leaves the Supreme Court. Of any governmental body, this is the one that should shun political leanings totally. That is the ONLY way that a pure justice system can happen. It is, to my thinking, clearly the way the founding fathers envisioned it to be. They, like an umpire, must look at the rule book - in this case, the Constitution - and decide if the "play" is legal or not.
Sadly, this is not the case. Each team has now provided it's own umpires, and they are more about arguing over the rules than they are with watching the game. If one can get more umpires from their team, then they can rest assured that they get their way, regardless of the rules. These umpires - the judges - think they are the winners or losers, when in fact freedom and justice are the ultimate losers.
Politics 2, freedom zero.
Unless the American people wake up and demand that this change, we are in for rough times. They must vote into office those who think country over politics, and "vote with their wallets" for impartial media reporting. Only then will we rebalance the government, and reestablish a free society.
Freedom wins...
