07-08-2020, 12:23 PM
(07-07-2020, 04:59 PM)Black Dragon Wrote: Some people just want to "belong" to something so bad that they crave the authority of some government, past or present. They will then continue to spew half-baked apologetics in favor or defense of said government or organization, conveniently overlooking all the wrongs it committed, rather than simply forming an objective conclusion based on their own discernment.
That same line of thinking can be about a political candidate. Half-baked apologetics, overlooking everything wrong about that person just to feel that they "belong" to something, or to feel in some way represented by some form of authority.
So to me, whether somebody is spewing said apologetics in favor of Trump, or of the USSR, or any other corrupt person or institution it all just smells like bullshit to me. I find it not only annoyingly sheepy and conformist, but also of a divisive nature that just fuels endless arguments defending people and institutions who clearly suck, rather than people being their own authorities and having reasonable discussions coming from a standpoint of their own inherent ethics and discernment.
I'm not saying this to be insulting, although it can be taken that way since I won't sugar coat it. The truth is, a lot of intelligent, reasonable people get caught up in this sort of thing. It doesn't necessarily require being an idiot or a sheep, it's just one of those inherently s*** parts of human nature(or societal conditioning more likely) that can overtake one if their "eye is not on the ball".
I have been at a loss to understand intelligent people buying into the political system. I have a few friends who are absolutely rigid about being democrat or republican—intelligent people—who insist upon "other" party being wrong or bad, and defend their own party. It's mind-boggling to me and seemingly useless to engage with. I agree 100% that it is divisive, which seems self-evident.
And also the idea of buying into any official narrative at this point about anything. (Perhaps this is only a feature of the U.S.—I don't live anywhere else so I can't say how things are in Europe or the USSR or any other country, as what I hear about those areas is hearsay and I don't trust the media at all with any truths.) Because here, our government, large corporations such as Monsanto, orgs such as AMA/big pharma/insurance companies are so obviously corrupted (to the point of almost being cartoon-like) how can anyone have any trust in any of it?