The "Idiocracy" of our Political System
The state of our collective idiocy astounds me on a daily basis. It doesn't matter if you are left or right in your views, both sides still fall into the duped category. This is astoundingly prevalent in North America currently. I cannot think of two more opposing political views than the ones held by Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump. However, both share resounding similarities when you get down to the roots of who they are and what they represent.
Both of these characters have carefully crafted images to appeal to their bases....Trumps may actually be a little less careful....maybe we should say, managed. Let's start with Justin Trudeau, the flowing locks of the compassionate feminist doing yoga while taking a selfie. An image that he works hard to portray to appeal to the softer side of the Canadian collective consciousness. People eat that dog shit up like its handed to them on a silver platter. The comments of "He's so good looking" are enough to make me want to throw up.....why would you hire the leader of your nation based on garbage like that. This guy was literally a ski instructor and a drama teacher.....not exactly the resume you would think you need to run a nation. Buuuut, Jr. has some very wealthy and powerful friends who required his image to push forth their agenda.
And Trump...the orange bombastic megalomaniac. The flowing locks of carefully crafted madness upon his head, with the suit and tie of a successful business man. Doesn't matter how he gains his success that is his image, the larger than life character literally building his empire to see his name plated in gold on his various buildings. This appealed to the collective consciousness of the U.S. that this businessman could put more money in their pockets at the end of day than some extension of the Obama legacy liberal agenda. It did not matter that Trump is a racist, womanizing "pussy" grabber, people believed he'd be better than the money grabbing liberals. This guy literally had ZERO experience in the political arena....not exactly the resume you would think you need to run a nation. Buuuut, Jr. has some very wealthy and powerful friends who required his image to push forth their agenda.
These are our choices... Really??? This is the best and the brightest that these two nations have to offer....Really? This is the point that idiocy comes into play in our political systems. For the most part people are voting based on an image, not the substance of the candidate. If it was based on substance both of these leaders would have more credentials on their resume. These 2 characters are the puppets for their political donors. It takes MONEY to get elected, not substance. That money equals favors and obligations for the candidate who gets elected to push forth the donors agendas...not any of the lies that the candidates are telling you.
Trudeau and Trump at the core of who they are are actually quite similar. They are both narcissistic wealthy trust fund kids who are there for gain for themselves and their friends. I don't believe for a second that these two have any real cares about the "middle class". Both are very media savvy and know how to work the human brain into complacency. This is about power and corruption for these two, just delivered on different plates. Trudeau is old guard of Central Canada, Trump is old guard of corporate America. If you actually look at the policies moving forward (not the spin version of the policies) its all about putting money in their friends pockets.
Trudeau gives away money like its candy to buy power and more friends, all in the name of "helping the middle class. Money for Bombardier is an easy gift in vote rich Quebec. Changing tax policy to benefit his own finance minister is exceptionally corrupt. Bill Morneau's family sells private investment tools for retirement...so lets take away good tax policy for small business owners so Bill Morneau's family can benefit, disgusting. What does this get us?? Higher tax bills and higher national debt.
Trump is planning on taking away a health care plan that will literally leave millions of people with no options if they get sick. All the while gutting the EPA which will mean more pollution for more people to get sick. He also plans on a massive tax cut will leave more money in his and his wealthiest friends bank accounts even though its bad policy and will add a trillion dollars to the nations balance sheet. Don't get wrong here, I am actually very pro low taxes...money in the hands of government is inefficient but that's for another post. He claims this is necessary for the "middle class" even though unemployment rates are at their lowest point in over a decade. His policies are racist class warfare which will just leave people with bigger bills and less money.
So what does the collective "we" do while this shit show goes on? Nothing. There are rallies and protests but for the most part most people don't have the time or the energy to get anywhere. The real policies are delivered by the well funded lobbyists to get their agendas passed by making promises of future donations. We just get tired and go back to work so we can buy more crap.
So where does the term "Idiocracy" come from? It is a 2006 movie starring Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph. Now it seems as though it was a prophecy for our state of politics in 2017. I would push everyone to watch it....its the movie version of our current reality. How do we find our way out of this mess? Who knows, maybe we are designed to be the sheep that the political establishments believe's we are. Maybe a spiritual enlightenment of the collective consciousness will guide the way. Until then, we can watch this madness unfold and hope that Trump doesn't start a nuclear war in the mean time.
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