Also, as a warning, I honestly try to stay neutral about all of this, but I'm also self aware I lean left in my own views. This is in no manner an attempt to push my views on anyone, nor claim I am right and those who think the opposite are wrong. I will attempt to choose my words carefully, but I am still human. Consider this more of an admission, not a lecture.
What I want to talk about first is what I think of politics in general. I realize that on a basic level in society, they are certainly needed. As much as anarchists would love to establish their social ideology, some sort of societal leadership is needed. Note I say leadership, not control. That's where today's world of politics has it wrong. Yeah yeah, in a perfect world everything would be perfect. No shit. We aren't in a perfect world, and are actually far from it. Human nature has some crappy qualities in it, and we aren't afraid to use those qualities against better judgment. For as superior of a race compared to the rest of the animal kingdom, we sure do suck at properly using our gifts. Imagine if dogs had brains like ours, but they used it strictly for the betterment of dogs everywhere. It'd be a world of bones to chew, crap to roll in, never a lack of things to hump, and belly rubs on demand. Actually, that sounds a lot like what dogs currently have. Bad analogy(I know I could've deleted that and not posted, but welcome inside my head). So what does this have to do with politics? We have so much potential to make it all work, but then we let things like greed, envy, thirst for power, immorality, etc influence our decisions which in turn causes things to become corrupt.
Yes, I'm well aware corruption isn't some new revelation. What really gets me is how the majority of human life seems to just ignore corruption, or gloss it over as something you just have to get used to in life. There is always going to be a bad guy. At least one person is going to be sitting in utopia and realize they want a little more than the other guy. That doesn't mean you should ignore, or encourage, any person acting as such. Maybe if more people acknowledged issues, then the issues would not be as prominent or excusable.
So in today's politics there is this dumbfounding issue of the people who are in charge happen to be in charge only for the sake of themselves. There's no middle ground. Actually, let me rephrase that. There is a middle ground, but no one is willing to stand on it. You either get what you demand for, or no one gets to make progress. If you're foolish enough to move to the middle ground, you're taken advantage of. Moving to the middle tells your opposition that you're weak, willing to give in, and could potentially give in some more. It's like an elementary school math problem. Jimmy has 10 chocolate chip cookies, and Johnny has 10 peanut butter cookies. Both want some of each. Jimmy thinks chocolate chip cookies are better than peanut butter, so they have a higher value. Johnny wants 5 chocolate chip, but Jimmy demands 7 peanut butter in return. Johnny tells Jimmy he is willing to give him 6 instead. Jimmy agrees to the deal, but unknowingly to Johnny, Jimmy gives him the five smallest cookies in his batch. The moral of the story? Jimmy is a fat little f***er. (40 years later, Jimmy gets adult onset diabetes, because karma is a real bitch)
I hope that there is some sort of ethical revelation in today's society. If there isn't, we're all in for a really bumpy ride where none of us get cookies. I don't know about you, but I really like cookies. Cookies for everyone. That should be a platform everyone can get on.
Expect more on this...
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