So…
Forget politics and let’s talk human nature. Man is by nature selfish and greedy.
My first father-in-law said this repeatedly circa 1974, when I was a young hippie-liberal. Yes, believe it or not, I was that. I was young and idealistic and I believed in simple, basic things like treating people how you wanted to be treated. I believed in a more black-and-white sense of right and wrong and tended to judge things that way. I believed in basic human decency, in the notion that some sense of fairness won out in the end. I believed in live-and-let-live, and most important, I believed that hard work and perseverance were the keys to succeeding.
Oh, to be young, naïve and idealistic once again!
But no. That won’t be happening anytime soon.
Since those days let’s see… I’ve been screwed a few times by lawyers, several times by cops and judges (only regarding traffic and parking tickets), a couple of times by real estate agents/people, bosses and big systems/bureaucracies.
Or, as it goes, I’ve had a normal life, one in which I’ve come to believe that by and far most people are pretty much like me, normal, regular people who just want to live their lives and be left alone to do so. Most people try to do the best they can, do the best job they can at work, and inside themselves they care about others and want for others the same as they want for themselves, being left alone to enjoy their lives.
That’s kind of the American promise/the American dream.
That’s most people’s, I think, big picture.
That’s the real duty of our government, as I see it. We elect our representatives to keep us safe, to protect our civil rights and to ensure our being able to enjoy the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
It’s somewhere herein that our politicians, and at this point in time most particularly the Despicable Democrats, have lost sight of the big picture, have lost their way. It starts with that they are now not elected representatives, but are instead members of a political class. This class is the American Politburo, a class of people who sit above all others and rule others as they see fit. They have personal agendas and basically do not care anymore what their constituents think so long as their staying elected and in office is not in jeopardy. They lie, they cheat, they commit crimes for which they expect us to pay the settlements, and yes they enjoy different and better benefits than the rest of us.
This American Politburo is made up of more than 60% millionaires. Many of them started as normal people financially who have parlayed their political positions to become multi-millionaires on just a basic salary of about $175,000 per year.
Go figure!
Yes. Many of my young-day ideals have been shattered. Man is by nature selfish and greedy. Look at any of the Despicable Democrat American Politburo politicians! They’ve not only lost sight of the big picture for most Americans, but they’re actively working on destroying it.
