It is my opinion that the world would be much more mundane if everyone agreed on everything.
It is my opinion that everything in the human culture gets recycled and nothing is new.
It is also my opinion that people vote their priorities and that we are in an odd time where, on the one hand, people CLAIM to want a 'free' culture (as opposed to a 'PC' one) where there is no rude or polite, and they can say and do and treat others however they please.
Yet, on the other hand, they want to enforce cultural 'standards' and customs and mold the culture to the power dynamics of 200 years ago.
I feel these people contributed to the electorate are the ones who emulate the 'treat people however I feel, say whatever I want, and make them bend to my will so I can keep my position' way of thinking. They see a billionaire and feel that he represents success, intelligence, and competence because of his fortune, despite what they witness and hear with their own ears. They like what he says about taking america 'Back' to a power dynamic that will make 'them' feel more empowered and superior again.
I know that the electorate does not represent 'most' of the country, only 'most' of the higher valued counties of the country.
People vote their conscious and their interests, and people do get upset when others seem to be threatening either one. It is an instinct for survival in all of us.
They don't understand that the ONE person in the white house does, however, represent America to the REST OF THE WORLD and their behaviors and words impact our World relations.
Sadly, people often do not understand that, WITHIN AMERICA, we are lead by a GOVERNMENT, and not just one person in the white house.
They don't understand the checks and balances amongst the three branches of government and how they have to work TOGETHER to achieve things.
Thankfully, America is still the people and always will be, so when PEOPLE work on some of the issues together, those in Government(who are also people) may follow their example. There have been enough of those who took the risks and made the stands for change in the past(civil rights, womens rights, emancipation ...etc.) that, it is my opinion, we can still dictate our own future and what America will ultimately stand for and be seen as.
Edited by
msharmony
on Sat 10/14/17 06:46 AM