QFT. Excellent post SSW + rep.
On par with exactly what I'm thinking. Keynes, you seem to be harboring an enormous sense of resentment towards what you view as 'left wing' or 'liberal' because of past experiences. And much like today's Republican party, what 'liberal' or 'left wing' doesn't mean today what it did when you were in school. I feel like anything with the slightest inclination towards left wing politics or liberal thinking automatically gets a "FUCK THAT SHIT" attitude from you, which is a huge mistake on your part. As I've said before, nobody is 100% liberal or conservative and that's a point our politicians prey on, they expect you to feel the way you do and use that to their advantage. In today's world, it really is you and me vs. them (the politicians). It's not left vs. right, that is nothing but a distraction, divide and conquer. You and me fighting together for real answers and demanding real progress and change is the enemy to American politics. Our politicians know that, they do everything in their power to make sure the left/right issue is at the top of the list. The empower entire news organizations to complete the task. Fox News, MSNBC... you and I can both see the game that's being played. Everything, almost everything is bought, everyone in politics is paid for, corruption is rampant like never before and their voting record proves it. Left, right, no difference at all. The collective goal of American politics is to keep you as scared as possible while keeping you as uninformed as possible. We're at a time right now where that shit still passes as normal. Tomorrow, we have the ability to fact check for ourselves, I urge you to do so. Not every person you view as 'liberal' is wrong, likewise not everyone I view as a 'conservative' is wrong. You need to understand the difference between what you're being fed and what is actually true. Politics aside, because fuck em all, they're all in it for themselves and their next term. Not worth a second of my time. Look at it objectively, what's best for YOU, what do the politicians you support vote on, what do they pass, sponsor, agree to?
Elton Gallegly has been my districts rep for years, and fuck that stupid idiot, he's a goddamn retard, but somehow, experience in the house pretty much guarantees you the seat. Incumbents hold so much power compared to new candidates, not only because of their enormous inflated personal fortunes, but because the average American voter is, as mentioned before, F U C K I N G R E T A R D E D ! They vote on ideology, that's why you won't see an atheist president during my lifetime. Policy doesn't matter, ideology does. Dude believes in Jebus, ELECTED! Dude even believes in Joseph Smith, possibly elected! No God? GOOD FUCKIN LUCK!
Our nation is filled with idiots. Every time I come back to that, it just depresses me more because I would expect so much more from us, especially after having so much history to base the current situation on, and having the internet to fucking look it up yourself! Nobody does though, nobody bothers. Most of us 30+ just believe what we're told, it's easier. Researching shit is too difficult, even though it's just a button away... And that's why I welcome the meteor that destroys the human species. We're not good enough to survive. Our species deserves to be exterminated. Hitler had the right idea except he stopped at the Jews. If it was me, you wouldn't be reading this right now...