Thursday, February 23, 2012

TWIOT: Short Political Rant

One of the things that infuriates me the most about politics in America (and believe me, there are a lot of things that infuriate me about politics in America) is that people don't judge ideas "right vs. wrong", they do it "right vs. left". It's almost as if the worth of an argument is calculated from the letter next to a person's name rather than what they're saying. If people want to know why we're as fucked as we are, that's the biggest reason.

Rather than nuanced debate over policy, we have pundits and politicians alike skewering things because they're part of a liberal or conservative agenda. So fucking what? There isn't worth in an idea because the other party believes in it? The only thing these bozos can agree on is whether to pay themselves more or not, which is the most blatantly infuriating thing about the whole process. Who else can give themselves a raise without the approval of their bosses? And no, Barack Obama is not their boss. The American people are the collective employer of Congress. So basically, we vote in people and pay their salaries via our taxes so they can bicker like they're some sort of more serious extension of SAWX VS. YANKS and then agree at the end of the day to give themselves an even bigger cut of what we take home.

Point is, we're all to blame for this. Not just the politicians, but the rank and file message board posters and Twitter users. Politics shouldn't be a team rivalry, it should be open discourse. Leave the bullshit aside and let's work towards real change, okay? Or would that be too hard, America?