Blaming is not going to help us. I didn't like my voting options because I felt their both of their values were unassessable and equivocable. I didn't like their actions but they are broken and fallible like me. I didn't like racism rearing and inspiring fear, but racism is neither a Trump nor a Clinton (stop calling her Hilliary, even if you dislike her it's demeaning when no other politician is colloquially addressed by their first name, I'm guilty of doing this too but I am working on it) issue, it is a human issue. The problems in congress, in government, and in society are not just because politicians are corrupt. We are all corruptable. The problems we face exist because we have so normalized dehumanizing (e.g. Clinton is scum, trump is a pig, all racists are heartless imbeciles, all leftists are bleeding hearts/snowflakes, conservatives are prejudicial numbskulls, etc.) that the origination of the bicameral system and the functionality it was intended have been lost.
It is by remembering the humanity of the other that we will once again find our way. I'm only 26, but it's not so far removed from me that I can't remember the years where dems and reps reached across the Isle in a respectful and dignified manner. I feel some of the radicalized politics we have observed would not feel necessary to the individuals who espouse those beliefs had their voices not been repetitively silenced. Free speech, except for libel and slander, exists to prevent what we are all, yes all, horrified at in our current climate. When a speaker feels their audience has understood (not impatiently listened and waited to give rebuttal) they will then be open to hearing the feedback and opinions of others. Not a second sooner.
The electoral college was meant to accomplish exactly what it did this year. To give individuals in low population area equal power to the larger metropolitan populus. Isn't this exactly the reason people say it needs reformed? It does need to be updated to reflect the modern populus. Scrapping it will only ensure minoritits of every kind are under represented.
The point I am driving is that both sides should quit providing commentary and start asking questions. While I have severe skepticism about the current tax bill, could it be possible that there is some aspect of it that actually could benefit the middle and lower class? Based on the sliver of information provided via media, no. But has anyone here actually questioned what the actual tax bill says word for word and cover to cover? What if part of our problem is we don't understand economy well enough to understand possible benefits? WHill I have serious doubts that the proposed tax plan does any such thing, I don't know it as a fact. I know very little as objective fact. Neither do any of us.
No revolution occurs without a voice being ignored and silenced. No revolution occurs without a voice being heard by a select few. You want a revolution, start listening and inquiring. No one wants to hear your opinion if their own has been chronically neglected or villanized. We are all guilty of this and we all have the power to start a revolution. Stop blaming, start listening, and offer solutions we can actually begin working towards together.
I make no apologies and ascribe no political affiliation to this message. I am speaking to humans and not abstract groups or systems.
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