Unpopular Politics

America is on a downward path and those in power are embracing it, even turning a blind eye to it. Many of them know what's at stake, but few say anything because of fear of retaliation. Billionaires are building compounds or fleeing the US for one reason or another leaving us to survive/fix the chaos they've created for us.

It's a war. It's a conflict. It's an exercise. We're in a cease fire. We're still shooting. A deal is in place. No deal is in place. Welcome to the Iran/USA conundrum. A little bit of history will tell us that what some may have hoped would be a quick and easy in and out, might in fact become a messy mistake.

This episode is a history lesson on the origins of Decoration Day and how it ultimately became Memorial day. I'll share some interesting tidbits as well as a fair share of social media bias that's turned a moment we used to use to honor the dead as a propaganda tool for our politics.

A few high profile primaries have taken place across the country in the past week. What does it say about each party, their candidates and the future going forward?

People seem to think the political climate today is worse than it has ever been. This episode, I'll give you a little history lesson on Tribalism and let you be the judge.

Your eyes can play tricks on you or is it just that you've been lied to for so long, that you can no longer see the truth? Gaslighting plays a big role in convincing you that you're wrong and because of this, more Americans are finding it harder to get a rational grasp on reality and relying more on conspiracy theories.

Extremism. In politics, it's been steadily on the rise. Fueled by "network" tv and social media, what we once thought of as our political beliefs have steadily changed with the aid of people in power who are more interested in the money that lines their politics. The result is the gradual decay of America.

The debate over the current government shutdown. Who is at fault, who isn't? Throughout the course of the Great American Experiment, we've had plenty of hotly contested moments that defined us as a nation, until now.

No democracy can exist unless each of its citizens is as capable of outrage at injustice to another as he is of outrage at injustice to himself. -Aristotle

We vote for them. Rely on them. Defend them and pretend to think they have our best intentions. But do they? Congress is supposed to be about the people, but the reality is their more interested in themselves to care about us.