After looking at the problems of the country, and where we are, I've basically decided that outside of the biggest handful of issues, the republican party is LITERALLY delusional.
It's like the rammstein music video "angst", they're so wrapped up in fear because the media they listen to tells them that everything is wrong with the country and they need to fight to "take it back", whatever that means, so they're just jumping at every problem around every corner. Crime, drugs, illegal immigration, you name it, these guys are jumping at shadows everywhere. Even on the economy they're kinda cray cray. i get being upset over inflation, but inflation is quite literally down, and it seems obvious that the second a dude with an R next to his name takes the reigns of power these guys are gonna about face and think that the country is great again, like electing a republican did something to improve it.
Honestly, it makes me wonder how much we should even listen to such people. Like seriously, these guys are full on DELUSIONAL. They're not living in the same plane of existence as you and I. They're living on what Jon Stewart called "Bull#### mountain" 10 years ago.
Honestly, it's not secret that the GOP is not living in reality, and has not been for quite a long time. it's actually why I left. I realized that their political ideology did not align with reality and was dangerous. And they've only gotten worse since.
Honestly, if we wanna talk about threats to the country, i think the biggest threat to our country is quite literally the MAGA movement. Many of them are living in a mass delusion in which Joe Biden allegedly stole the 2020 election, and that they need to take the country back from the bad people destroying their weirdo idea of what the country used to be (basically the rest of us living in realville).
Hell, they've become so much of a threat they actually have me supporting Biden. I mean, ME, THE DUDE WHO REFUSED TO VOTE DEMOCRAT THE LAST TWO ELECTION CYCLES BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANNA DO ANYTHING. Part of me feels bad about that. Like how far have I fallen that I'm actually voting for the dems again.
But...yeah. This is kind of important. These guys are showing clear fascist tendencies and I fear they might try to January 6th themselves into power again. And regardless of how I feel about the democrats, with their manufactured consent, skewed primary process that's hostile to outsiders, sabotage of third party candidates that they don't like, this is quite literally more important than that. Because we can't even hope to begin to change ANYTHING if the fascists actually take over and destroy democracy itself. Again, my own theories of realignments and crap aren't valid if the other side destroys the very democratic system we are trying to work within. And given democracy itself is under assault, even I'm forced to accept the lesser evil.
So yeah, these guys need to be stopped, and their ideology repudiated.Their delusions are literally going to destroy the country if we don't. It's quite literally like we're dealing with the covenant and they're trying to activate the rings.
Now, I will say this, their complaints are ENTIRELY invalid. Crime kinda...sucks, if you live in a high crime area. And poverty and inflation and the like kinda suck, if you live in an economic dead zone like the rust belt.Just because numbers look good doesnt mean problems don't exist. And it doesn't mean that we can't try to solve our problems.
But let's be honest, bona fide solutions, once again, as I always argue on this blog, come from some form of the left. All the tough on crime approaches in the world aren't gonna stop all crime. And for capitalism itself to get any better than it is right now, it needs serious reform.
The first issue I dont really focus on. Honestly, I dont see an easy solution to crime, other than addressing the poverty that underlies a lot of the social dysfunction that creates it. Which means we need a UBI.
And as for our economic problems...we need...a UBI.
So it's almost as if what this country really needs, is a UBI.
I mean, if you're gonna argue against the status quo, and all of the number arguments the Biden bros are throwing around of why we are in the best economy since the 1960s, you need to get the arguments right. And those arguments aren't "hurr durr Biden caused inflation". No he didn't. The whole world suffered from inflation post COVID, with the US actually being one of the countries that seemed to address it best. And most of the inflation was caused by supply chain issues and pure corporate greed. Companies literally decided to raise prices to see what they could get away with.
Instead, you need to make rational critiques of our system and why it's failing to produce shared prosperity in your opinion. I try to do this. I encourage others to do this.
But let's face it, republicans just wanna attack the way things are because a D is in charge. if an R were, they'd be acting like right now is amazing.
And honestly, because democrats arent enthused about their own side, and because a lot of swing voters are also disaffected, a lot of people are jumping on the right.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. If we want an economy that actually delivers on shared prosperity for all, we need to move left and push for a UBI. Period, end of story. At the very least, we need bernie's platform of a $15 minimum wage, universal healthcare, unions, maybe a job guarantee. Not all of those things are my ideal solutions, but least they're on the right track and trying. More than I can say about either the republicans nor the centrist democrats.
And actually I have to give the centrist dems credit when it's due, with some of those things at least they tried somewhat.
Again, I said it before and I'll say it again. Whoever you decided to vote for, I don't care, just make sure it's NOT a republican. They are NOT good for the country. They have no solutions. Their hardcore followers are crazy and delusional. And just because youre unhappy with the status quo doesn't mean they're better.
Like seriously, Im not gonna say vote blue no matter who. Given Biden will almost certainly win the primary I will be backing Biden. Im not gonna say you have to in order to save democracy. Because honestly, you probably don't wanna hear that. And it's gonna come off as self righteous. And you know what? i get it, the dems need to earn your vote. Okay.
But if you dont support Biden, you better be supporting someone better. Ya know, like cornel west or something.
Just don't vote for Trump. For the love of god, do not support that man, do not support that party, and don't even support the other goons running on that side like Ron DeSantis or whomever else is in the wings to replace trump if he cant complete this election cycle.
Okay? Can we all agree on that much? Just dont vote for trump or the GOP. They're bad, they're snake oil, and they're not living in the shared reality the rest of us inhabit.
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