what say you?

 

if the citizens of a democracy were doing their due diligence within the firm understanding that they are their government, there would be no separate entity "government" to oppose.  There would be people working out what they need and how to make the world they want to live in.  There would be power hungry narcissists, but they would be easily shouted down by the people who understand the politics of power and the difference between power over others and power to achieve our common goals.  The education necessary for well-informed citizenry would be an underlying given, including frequent practice of problem-solving through democratic means.

the thing is, with politicians, there should never have been such an industry.  Democracy is not about top-down ambitious salesfolk raising exorbitant funds to tell us to put them in power.  We were meant to care enough about our self-governance to find the people who rise up as leaders, who know how to put into words what we want to say, and imbue them with our trust to, with others from other regions, do the daily due diligence of governance. 

somehow so many people seem to believe we need to say harsh words, act horribly to people with characteristics we or our social group has designated unhealthy or just "not normal" -- as if such antagonistic behavior will somehow make the situation better.  It does not.  In fact this bullying behavior is what makes life so much harder, even unbearable, for people who are already struggling, and people who would not be struggling if not for being made to believe they are "wrong"

Biden is not guilty of genocide.  Biden is guilty of living in a mindset developed in earlier days when supporting Israel was a matter of faith and responsibility.  In this situation he has been doing what he believes is his best to convince the true genocide perpetrator, Netanyahu, to stop this madness -- but Bibi won't, and a large contingent of Americans are avidly pro-Israel for a variety of reasons.  That large contingent is also included as  part of the US Congress, which actually has the authority to give the aid or refuse to give it.  They say they will impeach Biden for not following their mandate to support Israel by stalling or denying weapons.  It's more complicated than click bait.

it seems like somehow a great many of us have decided we are the arbiters of others' behaviors, lives.  And cruel arbiters, who must be harsh to make these others be as they demand.  This does not seem to me like a good way to live.  Better to let go of this nasty responsibility and be kind.

We let our chance for this election

season go by without finding a POTUS

candidate we can hopefully, optimistically,

feel good about raising up into that

leadership role.  Let's not waste more time.

Let's do the search with due diligence, find

those with appropriate credentials of will,

intelligence, experience, kind regard.

We claim we want to live as a democracy.

Let's do the job of an active electorate.

Chinese housing overflow

Brought to house American homeless

Oh, my Transporter!

Make it so.

Of course you need someone to blame.

Evil!  So nothing you can do but properly

vilify, because, you know, the only

permissible emotion is Hate.

You rise up in umbrage that your

self-reasoned differing from some

common opinion is not respected as

you feel you deserve.  Yet I see the wave

around what you claim is yours, or simple

common sense, of Putin's talking points.

5/8-24/24