08-01-2024, 10:54 PM
There are many things which I don't like 'living under.'
But my country is my home.
We set out to craft an order of governance which precludes abuse and exploitation of the citizens. An order which prioritizes the dignity of its citizens, even when the citizens may not respect that in each other. But those who naturally seek to occupy the positions of authority are human as well, and so they are capable of falling to base manipulation and incidental temptation. Those are two fangs of disorder which threaten everyone, not just them. It seems foolish to fault a person for flaws we might all share.
"Fourth Reich" is an extreme metaphor, one packed with ugliness and pain. We are hardly that.
No people are sinless, just as no person is sinless. I too have met the repugnant, the obtuse and brutish... I fear that to others, I might have been considered the brutish, obtuse, and repugnant oaf... (but I sincerely try not to be.) There are no excuses for being that way... except cruelty born of prideful bullying.
This country veers and wobbles like a pendulum... only the people together, shifting and balancing the tendency, can actually 'fix' that. Which is why it is counterintuitive that we appear to be purposefully kept "off-balance" in many creative ways... and almost anyone who calls that out gets a face full of spittle from those who think the world should conform to Utopian ideals by force. Nevertheless, this too shall pass.
I love my country... which is why I care deeply enough to engage with it, why I served it... doing what little I can, as I can.
As to the specifics of what is "bad now"... that list is quite long, but so far, it excludes organized faith... especially since if it were genuine faith, these issues wouldn't manifest as they do. Faith, to most politicians is like the color choice of your shoes... it's just a prop to them... only useful to get support from the unthinking. It's like a thespians' "prestige"... simply a façade to be cultivated and maintained.
But my country is my home.
We set out to craft an order of governance which precludes abuse and exploitation of the citizens. An order which prioritizes the dignity of its citizens, even when the citizens may not respect that in each other. But those who naturally seek to occupy the positions of authority are human as well, and so they are capable of falling to base manipulation and incidental temptation. Those are two fangs of disorder which threaten everyone, not just them. It seems foolish to fault a person for flaws we might all share.
"Fourth Reich" is an extreme metaphor, one packed with ugliness and pain. We are hardly that.
No people are sinless, just as no person is sinless. I too have met the repugnant, the obtuse and brutish... I fear that to others, I might have been considered the brutish, obtuse, and repugnant oaf... (but I sincerely try not to be.) There are no excuses for being that way... except cruelty born of prideful bullying.
This country veers and wobbles like a pendulum... only the people together, shifting and balancing the tendency, can actually 'fix' that. Which is why it is counterintuitive that we appear to be purposefully kept "off-balance" in many creative ways... and almost anyone who calls that out gets a face full of spittle from those who think the world should conform to Utopian ideals by force. Nevertheless, this too shall pass.
I love my country... which is why I care deeply enough to engage with it, why I served it... doing what little I can, as I can.
As to the specifics of what is "bad now"... that list is quite long, but so far, it excludes organized faith... especially since if it were genuine faith, these issues wouldn't manifest as they do. Faith, to most politicians is like the color choice of your shoes... it's just a prop to them... only useful to get support from the unthinking. It's like a thespians' "prestige"... simply a façade to be cultivated and maintained.
