Posted by alexandra_k on November 8, 2018, at 2:15:53
In reply to Re: one of my favorite FDOTM, posted by alexandra_k on November 8, 2018, at 2:03:41
I do not know / understand about internal american politics...
But the kinds of things I've been saying about our leaders, here...
I suspect most leaders are not as corrupt as our leaders have been. I suspect this because people generally seem to have a better standard of living in the US and Canada and the UK and Australia... I think... From what I can tell... Things are actually worse, here.
Anyway... You need to bear in mind that Trump is the face of America for all the other nations.See...
When Obama was the face of America for all the other nations, then all the other nations awful leaders kept approaching America looking for handouts or whatever so they could better oppress their people. Obama looked like a nice man. A kind man. A man who could be taken advantage of.
Trump doesn't. So much. Trump has an air of... You can try and fair trade with him, but he'll only take you for whatever he can get.
Which means... American is less likely to be approached / harrassed by other nations trying to screw one over on... Well... As many people as they can, honestly.
I don't know if that makes any sense.
This is why I worry about NZ for now. I looked at that UN Speech that our Prime Minister made and it sounded like NZ is aware it's got some things to be looking at and it isn't asking for handouts (to better exploit it's own people). And with the leader we have...
Did you see the line of nations leaders cuing up to speak with her?
I bet they were probably not looking for mutually beneficial fair deals... I bet they were probably looking for someone with a sense of guilt to appease by... Maybe by giving them a hand out so they could better screw over their own people or...
...
Politics is a nasty business.
What is the business?
Well... It's to placate people. Business as usual. Get up. Go to work. Do you work. Sometimes it's the time to buy buy buy! Other times it's the time to save save save! Keep doing that...
And some people have access to lots of resources. And other people have access to lots of... Uh... Pink plastic sausages and the like. Feelings of guilt for bad decisions they make (e.g., for giving in to their constant cravings to over-eat because their bodies won't stop screaming at them since they're so malnourished)...
...
It's just a facade to have us accept the status quo.
Because the alternative... Is what?
War??
Just so long as we believe that would be worse than what we have now.
Nobody eggs the politicians car. People seem to... LIke the fact that there's a guy who is paid, what? They accept it. Don't mind. Don't think that his stuff is there for their taking. Not that our politicians actually live here or buy foods in the supermarkets here. Clearly.
It's a farce.
There is no democracy here. There's nobody home.
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