Yeah. The reverence some voters shower on their preferred candidates — combined with the attitude that their elected leaders can do no wrong — borders on “worship”.
It would be interesting to pick your brain about “what things look like from your point of view”, just to discover what ethical values and commonalities we share, based on common knowledge and common sense.
Yeah. The reverence some voters shower on their preferred candidates — combined with the attitude that their elected leaders can do no wrong — borders on “worship”.
It would be interesting to pick your brain about “what things look like from your point of view”, just to discover what ethical values and commonalities we share, based on common knowledge and common sense.
I just want people to acknowledge reality, that is all. I realize presidents are in impossible positions. I also realize, that if you were going to be president, you are going to have to make some difficult decisions, and you and your family may be threatened. That is part of the job, so put your big boy shoes on. I can't reconcile Trump pushing a toxic bioweapon - sorry if you were threatened, but that is a condition of your employment unfortunately. I would take a bullet to the head before telling millions and millions of people to take poison.
At the end of the day, most of us want the same things: a healthy environment, good schools/education for our kids, good jobs, healthy food, safe communities. Politicians all promise these things, but don't deliver because they aren't dictators and simply cannot. When we expect this it is to our own detriment, and then fall into the partisan trap: "If only it weren't for the democrats" or "If only it weren't for the republicans." Bologna - the system is functioning as intended - to concentrate wealth and power and keep the rest of us down. Politicians piss on us and tell us its raining, and sadly, many people believe it.
Many people — i.e. the individuals who make up the (Greek) dēmos/the mob, the hoi polloi, the mass, the vast majority, the public — believe that the elected politicians are the rulers of the system. I think that’s wrong headed. The politicians are part of the managerial class. The real rulers? It takes going down quite a few rabbit holes to discover who’s at the pinnacle of the pathocratic power hierarchy.
Yeah. The reverence some voters shower on their preferred candidates — combined with the attitude that their elected leaders can do no wrong — borders on “worship”.
It would be interesting to pick your brain about “what things look like from your point of view”, just to discover what ethical values and commonalities we share, based on common knowledge and common sense.
I just want people to acknowledge reality, that is all. I realize presidents are in impossible positions. I also realize, that if you were going to be president, you are going to have to make some difficult decisions, and you and your family may be threatened. That is part of the job, so put your big boy shoes on. I can't reconcile Trump pushing a toxic bioweapon - sorry if you were threatened, but that is a condition of your employment unfortunately. I would take a bullet to the head before telling millions and millions of people to take poison.
At the end of the day, most of us want the same things: a healthy environment, good schools/education for our kids, good jobs, healthy food, safe communities. Politicians all promise these things, but don't deliver because they aren't dictators and simply cannot. When we expect this it is to our own detriment, and then fall into the partisan trap: "If only it weren't for the democrats" or "If only it weren't for the republicans." Bologna - the system is functioning as intended - to concentrate wealth and power and keep the rest of us down. Politicians piss on us and tell us its raining, and sadly, many people believe it.
Many people — i.e. the individuals who make up the (Greek) dēmos/the mob, the hoi polloi, the mass, the vast majority, the public — believe that the elected politicians are the rulers of the system. I think that’s wrong headed. The politicians are part of the managerial class. The real rulers? It takes going down quite a few rabbit holes to discover who’s at the pinnacle of the pathocratic power hierarchy.