I'm in the twilight zone. That's the only explanation I can come up with for why people are behaving the way they are.
We have an election coming up in America, and we're talking about NOTHING that matters. Absolutely nothing. We argue over whether trump is a racist (he is, but not very badly) or a sexist (he is, but not very badly), or a jerk who is unqualified to be president (ding ding ding). We argue whether Hillary is corrupt (she is, and good at getting away from it) or a criminal (she is), or a jerk who is unqualified to be president (ding ding ding).
But what about actual issues?
What about Colorado, Washington and Oregon legalizing pot while the DEA maintains it as a schedule I drug. Even Obama seems to be out of control over whether the DEA prosecutes pot. This is a lawmaking entity that essentially has no accountability?
How about the TSA? There was a national outcry over the TSA policies, which seemed to be out of everyone's hands. They make law and we have no say over it whatsoever and yet we get distracted by which political candidate we like least.
We should be talking about the budget, but we talk about the economy (god do people even know the difference anymore?). Let's talk about copyright law. Let's talk about SOPA. Let's talk about net neutrality. Let's talk about water consumption, electric vehicle subsidies, nuclear power plants, fracking, military spending, immigration (no, not a wall, actual immigration policy)... I can't believe I'm saying this but I long for the days when global warming actually mattered to people. We should be talking about what a disaster the ACA is but we talk about the 2nd amendment... the 2nd amendment! What is there to argue? It's almost as clear as the 1st amendment! We keep coming back to the same stupid debates about whether or not we deserve the few liberties we have left while ignoring the fact that we have ZERO recourse over the things that really affect us.
How do you like the way the federal reserve has handled our economy? Let's vote for their policies! Oh wait, we can't. Do people even know what the federal reserve is? Who cares! Trump said something, let's talk about that.
I had a friend who told me that "this year, it matters", "this year, we can't afford to vote third party", "this year, we can pick the lesser of the evils". This year is the most obvious year that you have no business voting for a republicrat or a democrapublican. If you can't see it this year, you'll never see it. If you can't tell this year that neither of these people is worth any discussion whatsoever, and neither of them will actually change anything anyway, you're hopeless. You'll never wake up, you'll never realize how fruitless it is to keep throwing away your vote on unqualified immoral ***hats who do nothing but distract from what matters. And what matters is that you've lost control. We the People of the United States of America have given up our control over everything about our lives that is important to us, because that's how we like it. We don't want to vote on actual issues, we want to vote on personalities. We don't want an election where we talk about boring things like debt and monetary policy, we want to vote on Survivor! It makes no difference whether the candidate we vote for can actually accomplish anything or even knows what they're doing because we like our government like we like our reality TV... absolutely pointless.
Every time the election comes around we fall for the exact same tricks. The same deception. Oh suddenly let's have a discussion about whether gay marriage is legitimate (wasn't decided by the executive branch). Let's focus on Guantanamo Bay, or water boarding. Let's focus on whether the wife of a presidential candidate stole too many meaningless platitudes from an old speech given by the first lady.
Anything but what matters. Anything but actual policy. Anything but the uninteresting task of cleaning up our financial and civil messes.
"I'm going to restore law and order". How? Nevermind, I don't want to know your crazy plan for how.
"I'm going to make sure that the fat cats pay their fair share". What's fair? 500 times what the average american pays? 600 times? 10000 times? When has that worked... ever?
"It's easier for these kids to get guns than books." In what mindblowing universe are you living!
This election is not where you get to decide whether you're for or against the rich (if you're against the rich go back to economics 101).
This election is not where you get to decide whether you're for or against terrorism (nobody is for terrorism).
This election is not where you get to decide whether you're for or against outsourcing.
This election is not where you get to decide whether you're for or against healthcare.
In this election you decide whether you want
any input into your government at all. You're voting on whether you should get a vote. Make no mistake, if you vote trump, or you vote Hillary, you're voting for reality TV. You're voting for platitudes. You're voting for pointless. You're voting either for someone who has no morals and will not follow through with anything they say, or for someone who has no morals and will not follow through with anything they say.
I don't care which third party you vote for. Vote green party, communist party, libertarian, write in Bernie... I don't care. I honestly do not care. Just... if you respect yourself at all, don't throw away your vote on either of the two major parties. They don't deserve it.
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Sorry
@Touring Mars, you got caught in the crossfire while I was typing this. The rant above was not brought to you today by any particular GTP member.
