politics of stupidity

 

we do not have a king, a champion who 
won through battle or an heir to the throne.
We have a very troubled coterie of mean 
children who got bigger and older, but not 
adult.  We have people with too much to 
lose in their estimation who bend their knees 
bloody to accommodate.
We have people who try to do what is 
right but are handicapped by the world 
the way we learned it having crumbled 
before our eyes, our minds not yet ready 
to make the leap.  We have chaos, we 
have changing paradigms and definitions, 
we have a mess.  
Maybe we can clean it up.




as long as We, The People are 
discouraged from doing our job of self 
rule, discouraged from performing our 
fundamental duty as citizens of a democracy, 
which is voting, as long as we see that duty 
as our only duty as citizens, we will think we 
have no choice but to accept the rule of the 
wealthy, when that is a vicious lie



we, all of us who want to believe we live 
in a democracy, need to get over believing 
wealthy paid advertising for candidates 
who look to them, not us
we need to reclaim our self rule, our 
volunteering and actual research and sharing 
our actual research and getting out the vote
don’t blame/complain/refrain from duty – 
show that you value democracy, and do it!



stop telling teens (or anyone) they are 
depressed -- 
not helpful and a bad frame
tell them or better ask them what they 
are actually feeling, what concerns them, 
how they can better work within their 
situations to feel empowered



look at all the ways they are killing us, 
preparing to kill us
it's as if they don't think the damaged 
planet can support everyone, so they're 
eliminating the competition (like good 
insane capitalists)


there are, of course, many bad politicians 
(in all kinds of ways for all kinds of reasons), 
as in pretty much any profession – 
fallibility, they name is Human
Stop giving up your democratic duties to 
parties and wealthy influencers: do your 
due diligence – 
find the reps that actually rep you; 
promote, promote, promote (be persistent 
and creative and reaching out to others), 
register, get others to register
VOTE and get others to vote.


We need to admit:
Pedophiles are far more common
than we acknowledge (and it's not
love, but unfeeling destruction by
those who use)
All these children learning that life
is where the strong fuck the weaker
(metaphorically and literally)
Admit our mundane shame --
make it stop!


Pay attention to what that feeling
of fear is warning you.  It may not
be what you assume.
Fear is saying:  "Look!  Listen!
Be aware!  You have important
decisions to ponder, quickly, but
with full respect for your goals."


I see these people remembering
their mothers with love and gratitude,
knowing I can't relate. I did love and
feel glad for my Dad, who treated
me as an actual person, not a
responsibility.  Yes, I was a difficult
child, which begs the question:
would I have been so difficult if I
had felt at home?



Could it be that Trump's Iran
excursion is largely for Putin's
benefit?  


From what I can see, most
Americans, for the most part,
are happy to have politics for
the benefit of the powerful,
even if we would prefer better
results for ourselves.  They won't
even bother to do simple, easy
actions to make our voices heard,
or to inform themselves about how
politics works, or could.
Prove me wrong.


3/10-28/26

the words we use to separate us

 


When strongly struck by an occurrence,
a sudden realization, 
when absorbing emotion escapes
into words


They share their joy in cruelty
with pride
It unites them.


This endless, thankless, excruciating
job, compensated with occasional
joy.

The men who aren't men
make the women their slaves


It's not the World -- it's us
Humanity is possessed by a 
species wide insanity --
too many of us, too much of us,
exults in destruction.


in these days of fear and rage
too many people are left unnoticed, uncared for,
without solid connections
so often they may well insist on violence
loud enough to be heard


I can see the differences in gender personas of people
I can see the differences in skin shades, eye colors, hair styles
of people.  These are not what I care about, how I see
what people are.  I have my own criteria, mostly how people
treat me.  I also can be drawn in by such traits as intelligence,
creativity, humor, adaptivity, intriguing story telling, clarity
of thought and expression, many others.



of course it's illegal -- as probably most 
of what he does/insists be done
You need to understand:  
Trump does not believe in laws, in systems, 
in conventions, in truth --
 he does as he likes until obstructed.


Not for expected result,
do it to discover what happens.


You say you are saving children.
What about the children raped
and impregnated -- many with
bodies too small to support
pregnancy? Or, are the people
you save the rapists?


Don't blame the voters?
Of course I blame some voters --
certainly not all -- the voters who
don't bother to learn about those
they vote for, or don't bother to
vote the full ballot, or to vote at all,
though they can, for whatever excuse.
You don't like the candidates? Get
involved earlier and promote better
people. Voters who don't understand,
take seriously the responsibility of
fulfilling their fundamental duty as
citizens of a democracy, or think
that voting is the end of their civic
responsibilities.  Voters who think
some they is who we must blame,
when too many abdicate our self-rule.
Voters who take a snit and refuse
to take part in our democratic process,
who feel justified to complain bitterly
about those who do, without bothering
to learn what they can do under the
rules of their position -- voters who
don't do democracy.


2/23-3/10/26