Politics is f****d

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Hello guys how is it going? I know I am an irregular poster but I still like to contribute sometimes.

On a number of occasions when I have come onto this forum I get the impression that allot of us here including Face of Boo, Sly, Markinis and Auntblubby are feeling quite angry, cynical and alienated with the state of politics and society. There was a period of time in which I was inclined to dismiss these kinds of sentiments but now I am beginning to think they are probably right.

Over the last year I have decided to get involved in political youth wings here in New Zealand. And one thing that is always consistent is that they will always invite in disgusting toxic people who want to dominate, control and take advantage of others.

Harassment is very common. And in most of these cases these go unreported but I hear about them anyway since this is what my friends have to face frequently. These tend to by and large by pretty f****d up places for sure. And where such complaints have been registered, frequently just nothing at all happens and the same s**t continues.

As a result I am beginning to come across more and more toxic people and have had to cut out a good chunk of out of my life. But knowing this makes me often feel despondent and uncomfortable. The vast majority of politicians and people in positions of power have disgusting attributes, and want to take advantage of you at every turn. And they always will. We shouldn't have any problem acknowledging that.

What do you guys think?

Last edited by Shahunshah on 23 Jul 2020, 8:17 am, edited 1 time in total.

I knw how you're feeling on this one... It is sickening when even the counter-culture, that's supposed to propose an alternative to the corrupt political system, is full of the same nasty little dominance games.

An article I read recently talked about there are two basic kinds of leaders. There are "dominance" leaders whole rule by demanding support, spreading fear, threatening anyone who doesn't support them and being generally combatative. "Prestige" leaders, on the other hand, are intelligent, persuasive, and good at building consensus through negotiation. Hunter-gatherers prefer "prestige" leaders, but here in "civilisation" we have a fatal weakness for "dominance" leaders who get us riled up against some notional enemy or other.

 

"Rulers Intimidate; Leaders Inspire." -- Fnord

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It's disgusting how much we are able to get preyed upon. Sometimes I even think that humans if they feel the right emotions will actively seek out monstrous cruel and nasty leaders. The thinking goes like this "They may be a monster but they are our monster and I like that."

Is it just a coincidence I wonder that Tokyo and multiple Japanese provinces voted into mayoral and governor positions, the very men that conducted horrific experiments on prisoners of war during World War II. Or that men like Chris Kyle who openly bragged out shooting kids in Iraq and looters during hurricane Katrina developed a cult of personality around him. I simply do not know. But one example I am fascinated by is George Wallace, the former segregationist governor of Alabama. Years after his death his son would tell about how his father discussed how he tried communicating to voters about healthcare and jobs but nobody would respond. But then when he'd throw in a racial slur the crowd would erupt in a violent applause.

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Is it a guideline to COVID response for governments?

It sure seems that way, doesn't it?

It is for my government

I wish I could post this in politics but likely I would be run out of there for this.

The current state of counter culture in the West reminds me of Bill Hicks skit about commercialism.

* Make a schedule and change it and not every inform your employer, also change it when they leave home for their weekend and get mad at them for not showing up to work

* Grant your employer their vacation time request and then "forget" all about it and then get mad at them when they don't show up to work when that time comes

* Make mistakes at work and not knowledge them and instead pass them onto your employer and blame it on them