On politics

Well, it's been a while since my last entry. I thought I'd write something to get myself working again. I haven't been working on much of anything lately. The reason behind that is my laptop has completely given out on me after the amount of abuse I put on her. (yes, my laptop is a her. When you love something, it bares the sex of your preference. It's how Captains always call his ship 'her' when referring to it.) Kinda make me feel bad. She was a fine piece, I tell ya that much. But well, she's old for one. I got her second-handed for two. And I didn't take that much good care of her for three. The real reason that she gave on me, though, is the dysfunctional fan and cooling system. She burnt herself out in the heat of the midsummer night.

But enough about my laptop, wouldn't you say. Let's get down to business. As the title said, I intended this entry to be about politic. "Oh, why do you have to go and open that can of worms?" You might ask. Well, on top of the aforementioned topic is probably the easiest topic to pick on, then make fun of, there are several underlying reasons. One of them being we all have our own opinion about politicians and policies. But I might not be able to get into any of that today. Just for the sole purpose of keeping this post as objective as my insanity manage, and keeping myself from being flamed just on my second entry. The other reason why I chose politics as the topic today is because I want to tell you what I, emphasize I, think is wrong with politics to begin with.

I do believe at this point, I don't really have to tell you that you can fuck right off if you don't have something constructive to say beside disagreeing with me without a valid counter argument and, hopefully, proof, if any exists, to back your argument up. Read on if you at least agree with that statement right above. Consider it a disclaimer. Alright, let's get down to the dirt, shall we? Ladies don't get to go first. Sorry. (unless you can throw one hell of a punch. Because it's gonna be a brawl.)

Let's start with the idea of democracy. It works. But it doesn't work in a country with 300 millions people. Why? People don't usually know what they want from their government. They know exactly what they need for themselves to feel comfortable and live an easy life, but they never really bother to get off their asses to figure the underlying problems that prevent the GoP from doing just that, making their lives easier by providing less tax, affordable higher quality of life. The problem here has to do with the fundamental glitch, for lack of a better word, in humanity. Greed is the problem here. You simply can't have it perfectly without shelling out a bag of money. (Trust me, I've done it before, literally too.) You live in a mansion on a world-famous boulevard with three pools total, one outdoor, facing the hundred acres that you paid sweat and blood for, one indoor just because you can. And one on the roof next to the helipad you had installed because the original owner didn't happen to think that he might have a heart attack and traffic is backed up a monkey's ass. You live in said mansion for three weeks and you're starting to want a maze-shaped rose garden that spell out the name of your mother, just because you love her to death, and believe you're being a good son by having something of that magnificent just to remember her by while she's out selling second-graded ice cream out of a battered-up rust-covered truck so that you can have your ass living in a mansion of said magnificent. Get a picture? Or do I have to paint a better one? (oh, and God knows it's a true story)

Greed is the one reason why democracy will never work. And it's the reason why we have the system of electoral vote. In a nutshell, electoral vote is you, as a population, giving another person your trust to vote for the candidate that he or she thinks is best for the people who have entrusted him or her with their vote. Every state have a set number of electoral vote based on its population. Well, all seems good and fluffy outside the voting booth, now doesn't it? I beg to differ. Why? Voting is a big deal, wouldn't you say? You have the power to decide who is going to oversee the country for the next four years, albeit not alone. So, it's a very big deal. But at some point in evolution, we decided that we want to make complex decisions. And we're not every good at it. (paraphrasing from Blindsight by Peter Watts, and he might have pulled it from somewhere else, I didn't check.) So, you have the power to decide who is going to win the election and you're not very good at making complex decisions. Hrm, let's pause for a moment and see how that's contradicting itself. If I may, I'd like to add that we're not too good at making complex decisions because we're selfish sons of a gun, which brings us back to greed as the underlying problem.

So, the system doesn't work because the mass of people being governed is confused and greedy. And the voting system is anally fucked to say the least. The only logical question left to be asked is: What the fuck?

Well, think about that. This topic has now bored me. For the time being.