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RE: Overcoming Trump in the Age of the Game
I grin, but I'm then struck by a simultaneous fearfulness of how accurate it is to say that we're amidst a "mud-wrestling travesty." So what game gets us out?
Hi, I was meaning to reply to you sooner, but was working on a blog related to this topic. The "game" is politics and with the limits of concord so blatantly disrupted in recent years, it will be impossible to arrive at a political fix. Social changes occur beyond the realm of petty politics, as men gradually disengage and jettison conceptual framework that has not been effective in describing or prescribing functions of a polity.
For too long mankind worshiped under the feet of men who would be gods, expecting quick and easy resolution to their self-inflicted miseries. What are so-called "democracies" but the crude attempts of zeroes appointing kings to rule over them? Either the drones decide they prefer authoritarian rule of a single god, or recognize that leaders are fallible men like themselves and take responsibility for their own lives.
The truly meaningful political processes occur at the local level, but how many zeroes participate in local politics? As long as men refuse to take responsibility for their own community, expect a god-king to solve their problems, and waste their limited resources in selecting a figure-head every 4-years, the "game" continues.
Just appreciate the thought put in...even if it took some time to marinate. Our thinking is very well-aligned (which introduces a separate, but related, issue of echo-chambers) and I don't see any way out of the game (at least not in our lifetimes). Leaves me retreating back to philosophy, "spirituality," and intellectualism as a means of suppressing the nihilistic tendencies that accompany the 4-year, figure-head reality of our time.
If you want political solutions, participating in local affairs will result in more significant influence than national affairs. What many do not recognize is that enforcement is a decentralized affair. By influencing the figures in local enforcement offices, citizens can effectively neutralize odious central government policies.
Get out and make changes where it matters most! 🙏🏻👍🏼🙏🏻