Again, with the ‘self-righteous’ crap. Both sides are corrupt… because… they… are.
The system is corrupt. One pays to play in it.
I see many things in the policy and politics realm, including the Florida ballot initiative. The good that people are attempting to accomplish, and sometimes even succeeding at, are dwarfed by the mendacious dup…
Again, with the ‘self-righteous’ crap. Both sides are corrupt… because… they… are.
The system is corrupt. One pays to play in it.
I see many things in the policy and politics realm, including the Florida ballot initiative. The good that people are attempting to accomplish, and sometimes even succeeding at, are dwarfed by the mendacious duplicity of a corrupt system of governance and politics, and corporate media propaganda that is killing us.
To answer your first question, no, I would not trust a government doing 100% of what I want. That would be its own belief system, and foolish. I’d vote for it, but trust it? Nope.
What I see is a materially comfortable liberal class of Americans largely paying lip service to the poor, to the Palestinians, to the economically anxious, and totally refusing to actually embrace a class-based anti-capitalist politics that addresses those issues, preferring instead to couch their lip service in status quo incrementalist legislative crumbs that do little but intensify populist frustration and rage, and inevitably increase the probability of the authoritarian rule they claim to fear.
I'm sorry that you have to live with so much anger. I would love it if governments world-wide could all be changed so that all people had enough. My response is to tithe my time, money, and abilities toward that end and to vote for those who seem like they will intend what is best for all people. Then I give 1) thanks for all the people whose compassion leads them to try doing what's good and 2) somehow tolerate my short-comings and those of others. It'll never be a perfect world.
Here we go again with the perfect is the enemy of the good meme. It’ll never be a perfect world… Really?…. Wow!…. Who knew?
You say you intend to vote for a candidate intending what is best for all people. Happy to see you will be voting for a third-party candidate this cycle, as neither duopoly candidate has that intention, despite what they might say.
I live with so much anger because there is so much to be angry about; just channeling the bumper sticker messaging of if you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention. I pay attention more than most, certainly more than either the Trump cult or the VoteBlueNoMatterWho cult in this particular comments forum.
Don’t be concerned, or sorry, about the anger. The first quarter century of my life was spent under authoritarian rule (dysfunctional abusive father/military), but the positive things coming out of the madness were finely honed skills of both observation and compartmentalization, and a love of reading. Compared to most of the world, I live a comfortable, happy life.
But I will call out hypocritical, abusive, duplicitous, mendacious behavior that puts the interests of monied interests and donors above working people and the poor wherever I see it, and that includes when those traits come from tribal darlings here like Joe Biden and Tony Blinken. The real question is, why aren’t more here angry with them?
If one can’t be critical of genocidal complicity, what kind of moral compass does one possess?
Again, with the ‘self-righteous’ crap. Both sides are corrupt… because… they… are.
The system is corrupt. One pays to play in it.
I see many things in the policy and politics realm, including the Florida ballot initiative. The good that people are attempting to accomplish, and sometimes even succeeding at, are dwarfed by the mendacious duplicity of a corrupt system of governance and politics, and corporate media propaganda that is killing us.
To answer your first question, no, I would not trust a government doing 100% of what I want. That would be its own belief system, and foolish. I’d vote for it, but trust it? Nope.
What I see is a materially comfortable liberal class of Americans largely paying lip service to the poor, to the Palestinians, to the economically anxious, and totally refusing to actually embrace a class-based anti-capitalist politics that addresses those issues, preferring instead to couch their lip service in status quo incrementalist legislative crumbs that do little but intensify populist frustration and rage, and inevitably increase the probability of the authoritarian rule they claim to fear.
I'm sorry that you have to live with so much anger. I would love it if governments world-wide could all be changed so that all people had enough. My response is to tithe my time, money, and abilities toward that end and to vote for those who seem like they will intend what is best for all people. Then I give 1) thanks for all the people whose compassion leads them to try doing what's good and 2) somehow tolerate my short-comings and those of others. It'll never be a perfect world.
Here we go again with the perfect is the enemy of the good meme. It’ll never be a perfect world… Really?…. Wow!…. Who knew?
You say you intend to vote for a candidate intending what is best for all people. Happy to see you will be voting for a third-party candidate this cycle, as neither duopoly candidate has that intention, despite what they might say.
I live with so much anger because there is so much to be angry about; just channeling the bumper sticker messaging of if you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention. I pay attention more than most, certainly more than either the Trump cult or the VoteBlueNoMatterWho cult in this particular comments forum.
Don’t be concerned, or sorry, about the anger. The first quarter century of my life was spent under authoritarian rule (dysfunctional abusive father/military), but the positive things coming out of the madness were finely honed skills of both observation and compartmentalization, and a love of reading. Compared to most of the world, I live a comfortable, happy life.
But I will call out hypocritical, abusive, duplicitous, mendacious behavior that puts the interests of monied interests and donors above working people and the poor wherever I see it, and that includes when those traits come from tribal darlings here like Joe Biden and Tony Blinken. The real question is, why aren’t more here angry with them?
If one can’t be critical of genocidal complicity, what kind of moral compass does one possess?
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