Observing and listening to the political news from multiple sources, one could be persuaded to avoid voting. Politics is a dirty business and possibly the most disingenuous. Remembering the spelling of poLItics, the 2 middle letters are ” LI”. While this is not the exact spelling of the word the meaning is clear. We have been historically warned about the “negative or misguided” ideas of politicians and some major news figures. Churchill warned about striking a deal with Hitler prior to WWII, Gen. Patton warned about appeasing or allying with Russia after WWII and Gen. Macarthur warned about China after WWII. This is all historic information, yet many have embraced the extreme left and right of center politics that led up to the Several wars experienced since the turn of the century (1900 till now).
The availability of information through mass media gives several views of information that can confuse and befuddle but if we use our common sense and avoid personal (and sometimes erroneous) conceptions of what we have learned, we can elect better people to represent us and hopefully make laws that advantage all of us. There will never be a “perfect” solution to the many issues that we face daily but with reasonable electees and our knowledge of the facts we can potentially rise above the mire we exist in re now.
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