Random Political Thoughts Part 11

Corporations don’t want to do away with government, they want to BE the government.

At least Romans didn’t actually vote for Nero.

If capitalists are so smart and government so inefficient, why do the capitalists keep loaning governments money? And if capitalists are smart and politicians incompetent, why do the capitalists pay the politicians so much money to work for them after they leave government?

They say the first million is the hardest, which means our last three Republican presidents never did any hard work.

Why does climate change denial exist? Because Republicans will never admit Democrats got something right.

We don’t find the truth because we are not looking for it. We live in a post-truth world. Democrats do not look for truth but only see the lies of the Republicans and vice versa. What we need to start seeing is the truth in others and ourselves. What we need to stop looking for is what divides us.

What makes people more upset than waking up to find reports of fifty people shot dead by a lunatic? The suggestion that some restrictions on guns should result from it.

If you accept dishonesty in yourself you accept it in you politicians. By demanding better of yourself you will in turn demand better of those who represent you.

There are basic values and principles underlying all human interactions, even in the political sphere. There are laws of conduct to adhere to even when confronting your greatest fears. Honesty and integrity can and should be appreciated even in those who hold beliefs different than our own. And honesty and integrity should be demanded of those who agree with us as well. We need to stick to issues rather than insults, and we must not judge the many by the actions of a few.

Redistribute the power and you won’t have to worry about redistributing the wealth. Once you give each man, not each dollar, an equal say, wealth will flow naturally to those who earn it as well as those who need it.

If politicians know nothing about how business is run, how come they’re offered seven figure salaries after leaving office and six figure speaking fees in front of corporate execs? I’d rather have a career politician than one who uses his time in office as a launching pad for his corporate payoff.

The problem with handing out trophies to children for participation is that you end up with adults who think they can argue global warming with atmospheric scientists.

There are a lot of bad people trying to mess with our minds. They want you to hate because they want to divide and conquer. They want to confuse you with misinformation so that in the end you feel hopeless and powerless, and afraid. They are bigger, smarter, better equipped and better funded than any group you belong to. It’s no good trying to outsmart them. There is only one thing we can do to thwart their plans. We can refuse to hate. We can refuse to play the game they want us to play. Our one weapon is love, the only thing within our possession that can overcome the hopelessness, powerlessness, and fear.

I don’t think it is a good idea to permit the people who own our government’s debt to own the lawmakers who are responsible for that debt. Any banker or mobster is eager to get others in their debt. Debt it too freely given. It was encouraged as a way to extend the lifestyle that normal circumstances wouldn’t have allowed. The fact that the working class does not have enough buying power to buy back what they produced led to a need to give them loans to keep the system going. But that only delays a problem that will only get worse the longer it goes on. In the meantime, the system we created (or was foisted upon us) permits morons to drive care the wise would never think they could afford. But when the moron’s time runs out, it be the frugal person who did without that will be stuck with the bill.

If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing. If you have no one nice to vote for, don’t vote.

A civilization falls when its citizens mutually agree to abandon responsibility.

If you cannot find a politician of integrity, intelligence and common decency to represent your values, perhaps it is time to seriously question your values.