I consider myself to be a patient person that does not judge and I try to mind my own business. But at what point does our society realize we're living in an age of perception and political correctness?
The saying "perception is reality" drives me crazy. That tells me that what people think about you is more important then what reality is. Or that being nice and telling people what they want to hear is more important than being honest. I can't live in that world.
To me that's the biggest problem with politics. We're voting for the guy that tells us what we want to hear and who we think is the best guy. Instead of doing that, why don't we take a little extra time to find the truth and reality?
Our country (US) is filled with over 300 million people how can we be so naive to think we only need a 2 party system? How can the Republican and Democratic parties represent the population? I'll even be more cynical. How can people still believe that either one of these parties represents the population? Both these parties are sponsored by super pacs that donate hundreds of millions of dollars. Does anyone think they donate that much money without the assurance that they'll get some back room deal?
I know people like to think everyone is honest but come on! Things are beyond corrupt now. So instead of people acknowledging it they just pretend everything is fine. The reason people do this is because we're all comfortable. Even though we're getting squeezed and things are getting tougher we continue to coast along cause the alternative is to admit that we have to change things and nobody wants to do that.
So the politicians continue to smile and wave and we continue to pretend that a Republican is better than a democrat or the other way around. These guys only disagree on the things that have nothing to do with government.
Those things are gay marriage, abortion, and a few others.
A Republican will tell you he is pro life and does not believe in abortion. A Democrat will tell you he believes in Pro Choice but won't tell you whether he believes one way or the other. That's why democrats have been more successful lately. They play the fence and tell everyone what they want to hear. Then, they get into office and nothing happens.
While the national debt is at 17 trillion and climbing. Who is going to fix that?
But we continue to tell each other what we want to hear and the perception is that everything will get better if only we can get a republican in office.
What do you think?
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