"It Like That..."

 It just amazes me that so many people are looking to others for their personal salvation.
Many believe that no matter what one does - the end result(s) will always be the same.

 I was listening to a group of men during Happy Hour at my bar explaining that I should be a huge fan of men like Al Sharpton.
That Al was smart and that his opinions have, more often than not, proven to be correct.
The thing about guys like Al is that they really have no problem with the established system - most just resent that they have no means by which to exert power within said system.
Guys like Al assume the role of the polemic when in reality they can easily be bought off and silenced with a radio/television contract.
Guys like Al are really just after the money - they have no real concern for social justice (unless it, in some way, benefits themselves.).

 Would Al die for his many spurious causes?
Would Al give up everything just because it was the right thing to do?

 Would Al ever spend his newly acquired Social Capital on a cause bigger than himself?

 Sure, Al has lost some weight - but would he allow himself to suffer the long process of starvation just to affect change?

This post isn't really about Al.
I just don't place much hope in any man who promises change of the Establishment when his whole life has been focused on becoming part of that establishment.