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Okay I can't be arsed to read through 8 pages. So I'll just add a general comment on the actual thread title.
Are we done with politics ?
Unfortunately not.
Our whole civilisation relies on them to function. Does the invasion of congress have anything to do with politics ? Nope.
The people who believe what donald trump says - are not engaged in politics. They are most definitely cult members.
To those of us in the world outside america, there was nothing surprising about the invasion of congress - it's simply the obvious culmination of having a political system that can put a venal sociopath with almost no political experience or beliefs into power and given the job of running a country.
If the protestors had been ANYONE other than trump supporters, there would most likely have been a massacre. There would certainly have been a vastly greater number of security personnel on duty - most likely national guard units. Tear gas and rubber bullets - or just bullets, it is america - would most definitely have been employed.
It's pretty obvious that trump made sure the security was too light and then urged them to invade congress and disrupt the actual political process that was ongoing.
Throughout the last 5 years I have never understood how anyone could believe a single thing trump says. He can and frequently does, contradict himself several times in the same day. But still his supporters/followers/worshippers believe every single thing he says - and against all evidence to the contrary, think he actually has america's best interests in mind.
It has to be a cult or some kind of brainwashing. How can military veterans support a man who - during his presidency - defrauded charities set up to benefit vets, and as a consequence is now banned from running those charities.
It's not hearsay - it's publically accessible court records !
There is something very wrong with how trump's supporters think and behave. I don't know if it's some function of how america is setup with each state almost being a seperate country and the us lackng anything that might be called a reliable national news service. Or simply down to subliminal programming. But there is little doubt that people have clearly been brainwashed.
I suppose it could be called a religion. The lack of any kind of concrete evidence and the pure blind belief in what an individual says - despite every single tangible thing contradicting them - is how most religions start.
I mean if you worship a volcano, it's pretty clear the volcano exists and occasionally gets upset and melts the odd village or three.
If you worshipan an ideal and an intangible being - then that's based solely on belief. And while trump might well be tangible, the thnigs people worship about him are all 100% intangible and nonexistent.
I suppose that religion has always been a large part of american politics - much more so than in most western countries.
Has it now become everything ?
I don't know, I hope not.
Given how the majority of americans voted in the last two elections - it would seem that there is still some hope left.
What happens in the next 4 years, could well determine if religion or politics will rule. We'll have to see.
I'm not a fan of either religion or politics, but if we have to have one system, then at least politics is based on human interest and giving the majority some of what they want. Religion is based solely on giving priests what they tell you your god wants. Or in trumps case, the god telling you directly.
Both are poor ways to run a society, but if you got to pick one - then politics has the potential to do the most good for the most people. Sort of, lol
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