Politics for Dummies

 I wonder if this is a book i can borrow?  I need it.

Being a United States citizen, being born and raised here by parents who were also born and raised here, has always been something i've taken for granted.  Plus, I'm white.  I have not faced discrimination (to my knowledge) nor have i ever felt uncomfortable anywhere i've gone.  I've never felt like I didn't "belong" or that there was literally anything i couldn't do.

That is privilege.  And most privileged people are clueless ABOUT their privilege because they've never had to think about it.  THAT is privilege. 

If you take the time to sit down and listen, watch, learn what other peoples life experiences are, you cannot deny it.  There is no shame in acknowledging it......the more people who acknowledge it the better because then we can even out the playing field.

But people get mad, they get defensive.  They say they haven't had a good life just because they are white in the United States of America. They suffer too!!  

These are the scary people.  They are afraid if everyone has the same opportunities and comforts there will be less for them.  They feel righteous.  Angry.  Fearful.  

All the ethnic groups that stood behind Trump, all the women ...........was having more money in your pocket (which apparently he meant LESS) more important than anything else?

Yes, government needed to get a check.  Yes, we need to cut the fat and have accountability within government.  There is no denying that.  Our government has been corrupt and feeding off of it's citizens and no one can deny that.  If they do, they are blind, or rich.  How Trump (Elon) is going about it is not the way to do it.  There are PEOPLE on the other end of those jobs.  I bet there are people who voted for him on the other end of those jobs.  This slash and burn method is meant to be a good show.  It has no regard for the people being affected that applied for jobs to support their lives.......The ones at the top will never suffer a sleepless night wondering how to pay the mortgage.

Housing, food, basic needs should never cost more than what the poorest person can afford.  No one should be living on the streets, or not have food in their belly or medical care.  From what i'm told, that is a socialist standpoint.  That makes me a communist?  

I'm not political.  Never have been until this last election.  Yes, i have voted, but just like many other americans, have literally no idea what i'm voting FOR.  This war between democrats and republicans is a huge deterrant to learning more.  Most people don't purposely jump into a shitbath.  So i'm guilty of being ignorant.

My feeling is that even the most knowledgable people regarding our government don't know what the hell is going on either.

That should change.  

Trump is all over the place saying a lot of nothing.  Every day.  It's the same shit over and over.  He riles up his supporters, and the democrats make a big show of being angry.  It's ridiculous and embarrassing

Here's the scariest part for me.  While this mortifies me,  I feel susceptible to the retoric.  Criminals need to be deported.  Government spending needs to be more transparent.  There should be less government in our personal lives.  America should be self-sustaining and I agree that we shouldn't be loaning out money while at the same time OWING it.  I do not fully understand the finances because the government is purposely obtuse, manipulative and deceitful in how they go about getting and disbursing it.  Bills shouldn't be the size of books.  Each bill should be written in layman's terms and publically posted for the citizen to read and understand so they can communicate with their elected officials. 

But what i see happening is PEOPLE being gathered up, put on planes and sent to countries they didn't even come from to be held prisoner in hotels?  Families that have not committed crimes. And we ARE paying for it, dumb dumbs!  So it's literally worthless.  It's inhumane, its a show of power, its disgusting. 

I am rambling about a topic i know little about aside from the news which i listen to from all over the world.  I think.  Because we are being censored and have been fed bullshit by our media for a long time.  Trump being in office has made it worse.  Now it's a reality show.  And it's scripted just like the other reality shows.  

Blah Blah.  I'm hopeless, confused, mortified and destroyed over how people in THIS country are acting  and treating each other.  Add into that what is happening in other countries and i feel so hopeless to do anything about it.  There will come a time when all the hopeless people will need to rise.

That time is coming.

PEOPLE from ALL countries deserve to live in peace. No one is better than anyone else.  We are different and those differences should be cherished and celebrated, not feared.  The ridiculously wealthy people should not be running the show......should NOT be in politics because they cannot represent the people.  I don't care what they call themselves, or what country they live in.  Be wealthy, but not on the backs of the people.  Be wealthy, but not worshipped because of it.  Money doesn't care.