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102 - Hot Mic
In this episode, Micah discusses the idea of having full transparency (of the audio kind) for our elected officials.
K Sera is against, Micah is for it, and Phil talks about mustard and tan suits.
Shownotes: N/A
K Sera's afterthoughts:
On the one hand, no. On the other hand, really no.
That said… I kinda get where Micah is coming from with this topic? The more stories I hear about unsecured classified documents being discovered in elected officials’ private residences, the less and less faith I have in them. The, “Oh, whoops, are those MY classified documents just chillin’ on my kitchen counter?” isn’t inspiring trust.
I don’t really care about what politicians do in their ‘off hours’ - except, well, seems like I really should. What are ethics? Never heard of her?
My feelings about and experience with no one wanting or willing to serve in a position of stewardship hasn’t changed. It’s incredibly hard to get people involved in social necessities when there’s really no incentive. And the incentives are another problem… but I’m not going to digress down that rabbit hole right now. The sad fact is, there are just not enough good people with hardline ethics, flexible thinking, and who are intrinsically motivated to work for society’s betterment. I don’t blame them. It’s thankless work for the most part. When everything is running smoothly, no one notices the effort.
I’m so tired of being outraged all the time. I’m tired of getting angry at things I have no intention of putting a foot forward to fix. This isn’t a good place to be.
Frankly, I don’t need perfection out of my social leaders. But ideally, they should be a cut above in moral ethics and intelligence. Is that really so much to ask?
Probably.
People are kind of terrible.
Phil's after thoughts:
-At this point this would only hurt Democrats. From my experience living on this planet for almost 40 years, it is astounding just how little the voters hold the GOP accountable for anything. Perhaps I am old fashioned, but back in my day when our politicians at least pretended they care. Now, it seems that even when they are caught 100% doing terrible "against the law" things, they don't even have the common decency to deny it. Maybe someday we can go back to a world where republican politicians will respect the American people enough to lie to our face. Sadly now we just need to subside with their new version of deflection, which is as unpalatable as it is honest: "we don't care you caught us lying, and evidently neither do you."
-The strangest part about this is how paradoxical our situation is. WE LIVE off outrage-entertainment now (anger-based news is all the "rage" so to speak) but at the same time we have tons of firearms and weapons at our literal disposal. This is a very bad idea. For them and for us.
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In this episode, Micah discusses the idea of having full transparency (of the audio kind) for our elected officials.
K Sera is against, Micah is for it, and Phil talks about mustard and tan suits.
Shownotes: N/A
K Sera's afterthoughts:
On the one hand, no. On the other hand, really no.
That said… I kinda get where Micah is coming from with this topic? The more stories I hear about unsecured classified documents being discovered in elected officials’ private residences, the less and less faith I have in them. The, “Oh, whoops, are those MY classified documents just chillin’ on my kitchen counter?” isn’t inspiring trust.
I don’t really care about what politicians do in their ‘off hours’ - except, well, seems like I really should. What are ethics? Never heard of her?
My feelings about and experience with no one wanting or willing to serve in a position of stewardship hasn’t changed. It’s incredibly hard to get people involved in social necessities when there’s really no incentive. And the incentives are another problem… but I’m not going to digress down that rabbit hole right now. The sad fact is, there are just not enough good people with hardline ethics, flexible thinking, and who are intrinsically motivated to work for society’s betterment. I don’t blame them. It’s thankless work for the most part. When everything is running smoothly, no one notices the effort.
I’m so tired of being outraged all the time. I’m tired of getting angry at things I have no intention of putting a foot forward to fix. This isn’t a good place to be.
Frankly, I don’t need perfection out of my social leaders. But ideally, they should be a cut above in moral ethics and intelligence. Is that really so much to ask?
Probably.
People are kind of terrible.
Phil's after thoughts:
-At this point this would only hurt Democrats. From my experience living on this planet for almost 40 years, it is astounding just how little the voters hold the GOP accountable for anything. Perhaps I am old fashioned, but back in my day when our politicians at least pretended they care. Now, it seems that even when they are caught 100% doing terrible "against the law" things, they don't even have the common decency to deny it. Maybe someday we can go back to a world where republican politicians will respect the American people enough to lie to our face. Sadly now we just need to subside with their new version of deflection, which is as unpalatable as it is honest: "we don't care you caught us lying, and evidently neither do you."
-The strangest part about this is how paradoxical our situation is. WE LIVE off outrage-entertainment now (anger-based news is all the "rage" so to speak) but at the same time we have tons of firearms and weapons at our literal disposal. This is a very bad idea. For them and for us.