Well my friends, It has been a long time. I was going to do another blog about my time here in China, but ... my time has been spent trying to experience another country. Maybe I will write about my experiences in China, but at the moment that is TBD. So why did I come back and post after so long? Well because of all the politics on Facebook.
I will point out that since being gone for 6 months, nothing much has changed. Congress/The President still doesn't do anything meaningful and everyone plays the blame game. It is Obama's fault, it is Bush's fault.... blah blah blah, If Clinton was in office.... I've heard it all. So why rehash old tired out material? It is because of these words that I've heard from people that have alarmed me: " I am a conservative" or " I am a liberal''. This is the nail in the coffin that is being hammered in to destroy America's political reasoning and conscience. Politics that equals turning people into red and blue Rock'em, Sock'em, Robots. People beating each other (verbally or physically)their "affiliation" until their opponents' heads pop-up.
In the 2012 election I voted for the Socialist Equality Party or the SEP. This alternate party was on the ballad in my home state of Wisconsin. Why did I vote for the SEP? This is because after discovering there were alternative parties on the example ballad for Wisconsin, I decided to go to their website, along with the other alternative parties websites and to check out their platform. I liked their platform and what they wanted to do so I gave them my vote. I knew that the SEP had a 0% chance of winning and that people would see my action as "wasting my vote", but after I turned in my ballot I happily walked out knowing I voted with my conscience and my knowledge, not voting out of fear of "voting for the better of the two evils"
The people have decided to choose an "affiliation" and defend their "party" to the bitter end, even when they know how horrible and corrupt that party is. Before posting your views, think about the people you are supporting and the people you are criticizing. This "take sides" mentality is what allows the Democrats and Republicans to have a political monopoly. Monopoly is a nice word, I should say a political dictatorship as both parties together have destroyed any chance of third parties from actually participating in TV debates or actually being able to compete at all. Third parties are lucky to get on the ballad at all, as was the case in Wisconsin in 2012 when I was surprised to see at least 5 other parties on the ballad.
"Conservatives" and "Liberals" need to put away their masks and return to being rational people. Your bickering is giving power to people who vote against you. People who will piss on you and tell you they are pissing on you. People who even want you to go against your own people because of "their beliefs". Before posting that next facebook political rant about the parties, think about " is this what they want? or what I want?"
