(April 30, 2019 at 6:56 am)Alan V Wrote: I find your views on politics far too cynical. Both parties attempt to serve the American people, and both do this for economic reasons by listening to moneyed interests to greater or lesser extents, since they are the forces that employ people. Democrats have been thwarted in their agendas by Republicans, and visa versa. It really depends on we what Americans want as our priorities. Is the economy the paramount and overriding issue, or are other issues equally important?
Yeah. You're probably right. I used to be very involved in (and passionate about) politics, but I've become quite bitter and disillusioned as time has gone by.
We agree on one thing though: "It really depends on what we Americans want as our priorities."
Apparently, "we Americans" really suck at prioritization. And it's something of a feedback loop at this point. The more grave our problems become, the more we suck at prioritization.
After Trump won in 2016, I kind of "dropped out." I quit watching the news or keeping up with politics at all. I think I needed a break from it all. But you're right. I'm way cynical about things. But this isn't my natural disposition. I've become this way.
It is what it is...
