The US Politics |OT|

[Runa216]

I wish I could just detach from politics because it's little more than shit-flinging and attack ad campaigns from one side and defensively trying to make the world a better place from the other...while the opposition claims it's the opposite way. IT's all dumb, it's all moronic, it's all devoid of logic, and it's sad...

...but it's necessary to engage in because it's what shapes the future of this and every other country in the world. Politics are important, they're worth the passion.

It just so happens to be that passion is also what makes like 95% of people absolutely stupid when it comes to politics. Feelings. Desires. Wishes. Not logic or facts or reason. Some people don't give a shit about stuff like helping the homeless or medicare because all they see is the government stealing their tax money to help people who don't want to help themselves. That's not how it works, but you won't ever convince a republican who feels they worked hard to provide for their family and earned everything that medicare for all isn't just telling them to give their money to the poor so they can have healthcare too. IT's ignorant and selfish. Every developed country has these things to make the best world for the largest number of people, THAT is the goal of politics, not 'how can I detach myself from my people, refuse to help those in need, then turn around and talk about how 'great' this naton is'.

There's a reason I don't like republicans in the US and conservatives in Canada. It's not about what's right when it comes to conservatives, it's about what's good for them. what benefits them. Democrats and liberals have always been about trying to find ways to make the world better for everyone, to offer social systems to aid those who need it...and despite this altruism, republicans just scream 'communist' in an effort to devalue the good attempting to be done.

For Democrats, it's about using facts, reason, logic, science, and compassion to enact policies that are best for the largest number of people. If this means the rich pay more taxes and shit like the environment are protected at the cost of corporations, then so be it.

For Republicans, it's all about how to keep the status quo, not change things for the better, and how to selfishly manipulate the masses so that the rich get richer, the minorities stay repressed, and tradition trumps progress as long as white voters don't have to pitch in their money.

It's gross. Politics are gross. Republicans remain villains in this story for their selfishness and demonization of minorities and positive change. And the fact that Trump remains in power despite CLEARLY being unqualified and ignorant shows it's not about what's right, it's about what helps republicans.