I hadn't intended on posting in this thread because I despised the choices for Presidency in both major parties.
But a recent conversation with a close friend brought this to mind.
The American populace is so ill educated, they vote primarily on emotion and imagery with little thought to long term results.
To stay within the bounds of recent history, Bill Clinton was actually the promoter and signer of legislation that brought about the ability of the banking industry to involve itself in the selling of securities and derivatives to improve their profit margins. Add to that influence peddling on a global scale.
GW Bush sat idly by as abuses by the banking industry brought down world wide economies....and....convinced 70% of the US public that a major invasion of Iraq was necessary for peace ( how's that working out? )
Obama 'corrected' the economy by spending into such great debt, many economists seem to think reneging on them might be the only way out, now, add to that the missteps in foreign policy that had lead to ISIS and even greater unrest in Europe vs Russia.
Now the US has elected a man seen as a great business leader who succeeded by way of 'the art of the deal', which includes dubious deals, non payment of labor expenses and fraud settled out of court ( Trump University being a recent one ). Add to that the refusal to provide Federal Tax data and the knowledge Trump has very large holdings in Russia and is quite friendly and supportive of Russia's current leader, once a member of the KGB......and one should wonder if he's really any better for the job than H Clinton that helped push socialism to extremes, was involved in favoritism, and appeared to have committed traitorous actions in the Benghazi debacle.
My point.
If reality is ignored, we as a society, part of Western Civilization, are likely a concept doomed for a lot of pain. Economic, moral and yes, physical in terms of war.
My friend, of quite some time, whom I've discussed many political issues of the past, had only this reply as to his support of Trump in the face of a man once labeled a New York Liberal till he decided to run for President......
"I don't care"
Something to think about.
There are survivors and there are victims.
Ignorance breeds victims.
Welcome to neo-America where the Libertarian, Ron Paul, wrote of his distrust for democracy and the support for an intellectual aristocracy, not that much different from the neo-cons he railed against.
But isn't really an issue of poor education and general stupidity that has caused these above issues to manifest?
I think so. It took a steady decline in education and the 'explosion' of ignorance and emotions to get where we are.
I intend to be a survivor.
My friend can't even pay his electric bill and he has no excuses other than his blindness to reality in general.
Have a Nice day
John