07-07-2024, 05:48 PM
(07-07-2024, 05:13 PM)Maxmars Wrote: I think it's more than the politicians.... it's the theater.
What we may "believe" the politician stands for is the determinant... and in the end it translates to what the politician can 'make you believe.' To that end the entire party uses tools of persuasion like memes, political hackery, and sloganeering... all to make you believe.
But the politician is not the "leader" in most cases. The party is not the politician, and their support requires "concessions." Those concessions always straddle the line between tyranny and reason. When we lost the fourth estate to the highest bidder (in terms of "free speech - "money") we lost most of the potential for an "informed public." Now it is they who disseminate misinformation, disinformation, and outright lies... all for a "patriotic" cause - if you ask them. Disagree, and you're not patriotic. Agree and your sheeple.
Now we see pink slime sites professing 'truth' about political aims... and most people eat it up, consuming it as they have been conditioned to do for generations.
I would like to vote for leadership... but that's not actually on the ballot anymore... only the "show."
It's too late to vote for leadership.
We can only vote for ideology now.
