Last night, in a comedy skit, Jon Stewart summed up so well how disgusting it is that the Democrats are rallying around Joe Biden ('leader of the free world'), basically saying their very naked emperor is wearing fancy clothes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9LZXheHddI
If you want to laugh while facing incredible dysfunction and stupidity, the link above provides some catharsis.
Monsters like Donald Trump (the Republican fascist leader) don't rise up in a country that has treated its citizens well. For decades, both the Democratic and Republican parties have been shafting the ordinary citizen to bloat the rich. The Democrats are not heroes, simply because they are fighting against Trump.
I would also add that Joe Biden is a thoroughly evil man. He is supplying weapons for a genocide in Gaza. He also condemned every woman and girl in Afghanistan to religious slavery by pulling out the US troops that had protected them for twenty years--a presence that had allowed them to get educated at all levels, from graduate studies to simply learning to read. Now the women and girls are expected to remain silent, wear what they are told, and are beaten with sticks.
The choice between Biden and Trump is a choice between two old White men who both are fine with committing genocide in Gaza and, it seems, beating women with sticks (Trump, say, having been found liable for sexual assault twice and accused by over twenty women).
I've read a lot of Noam Chomsky over the years. Based on Chomsky's writing alone, leaving aside all the other abundant evidence, I can say that the political class in the USA, in both parties, is disgusting to me. They are liars and lickspittles, in general. On both sides. Yes, the Republicans are worse. I'll be voting Democrat, to defeat fascism. It's perhaps the most absurd, abhorrent ethical choice I've ever had to make: to choose between two genocidists.
I wish humanity would advance its ethics technology [1]. But instead, corruption strangles our hope for a better future, or perhaps any future at all, as we head toward WWIII out of sheer selfishness and stupidity, led by politicians. I've learned one thing in particular about politicians: they are extremely good liars. Actors of deceit. They can exude confidence and spread it for the worst possible goals.
Even if a politican is saying what you like to hear, and sounds genuine and has a touching backstory, such as grief in their own life--they are, even then, very often, wanting to do nothing more than manipulate you. They are certainly good at seeming relatable, while taking orders from the wealthy and their lobbyists.
In my opinion, you should never trust a politician based on your intution and 'following your heart.' Of all the types of people in the world who will mislead your intuition and your heart, it is politicians who do it best, in general, followed by religious leaders in certain fanatic niches.
Always look at the arguments, never trust a politician. Perhaps this sounds harsh, but power corrupts. I do admit, though, I am in a country where both of the choices for President in the next election are men who are fine with committing genocide--they are both evil men. One of them, though, the Democrat, Joe Biden, is evil while pretending to be a familiar, kindly uncle.
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[1] https://owlwholaughs.blogspot.com/2023/11/op-ed-trillions-of-happy-humans-its.html
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