It's interesting to me personally to watch that, to hear the comment about narcissistic America's "fear-based, dopamine-based system", and do some self-reflection. In this 587-plus-page thread, how many comments have essentially been re-postings of Nerf-ish potshots taken by either Trump/Trump advocates or opponents of Trump, either on Twitter or some other social media platform, as if that were all we need to have a substantive conversation and draw broad-yet-accurate conclusions about the state of things? I just re-posted 2 minutes of a 5-minute YouTube video to make this point, in fact. I wonder, do we even have our own thoughts anymore, or are we simply going to remain tranquilized by the regular chemical rush accompanying each mouse click or screen tap? Our collective ADD and magnetic attraction to one end or the other of the political spectrum within this little sub biome is an ironic illustration: Our weak ability as Americans to absorb or communicate anything of substance on a consistent basis, should just maybe give us reason to stop and acknowledge how unsurprising it is we have elected officials who 100% reflect that same mental and ethical laziness. We consume garbage and post 280 characters about it on the commercial break, and so does our president. How surprising is that, really?
Anyway. I dunno.
Trump sucks, and he's nobody anybody can reasonably say they want to emulate; but he's our responsibility, reflects our collective (sub?)consciousness as a country, and it's our fault he's our president, no matter on which side of the proverbial aisle we sit. I will vote against him because I want him gone, but that's a meaningless gesture-- I think most of us know we need to do much, much better than Joe Biden. Changing public discourse, and thereby fixing the political atrocity that is our government, starts with us-- with whether or not we're willing to make the inward journey toward being better as individuals and communities, and therefore deserving and ultimately receiving better representation. Then perhaps the choices in front of us with each election become not merely more palatable, but actually desirable.