WHAT IS POLITICS?
When deciding "who to vote for," there are many VARIABLES to consider.
Definition 5a of Merriam-Webster's DICTIONARY for the word POLITICS is: The total complex of relations between people living in society. A discussion or dialogue that openly shares sides of an issue should be happening regularly in every city hall in America; that's how you build a nation of transparency and trust in social service. But if small-town America (where about 63% of people live) DOES NOT provide the foundation for a true democracy where political dialogue and public service institutions are transparent, American society will continue to be among the highest rates of incarceration despite spending so much per pupil, while math scores don't rank average worldwide. However, the US does rank in the top 20 ed systems in the world!
Why then, are there more incarnated people than anywhere else in the world?
Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty. Plato
How will we be able to improve on today's political divide and DIScontinue the dark handling of PEOPLE's tax money to suit a specific clique's agenda (as we are experiencing now). Undemocratic behavior by elected officials or authoritarianism leads to political unrest. Frightened of losing traditional undemocratic ways to avoid a greater mal is not good enough for democracy. If you think the country may be taken over by the forces of communism, think about the reasons why people have justification for wanting plularism and equality. It is after all, the sweat of the brow that ensures the passing of the buck from hand to hand that creates wealth for some and continued misery for many. When there is little respect or appreciation of a job that doesn't appreciate labor, only keeps society at the edge of drug abuse and depression. Do you need more statistics than the rate of incarceration?
To have a chance to live in a true democracy where equality is not undesirable to the upper rungs of society who hold power over the bottom 92%, equality needs to be a proven profitable enterprise.
Political discussion is definitely ongoing but it is not transparent. Regardless of the boss they serve, every candidate must be given a chance at City Hall to speak on their plan to benefits society.
It's important to KNOW what Strengths you're looking for in a Candidate. WHO DESERVES YOUR VOTE FOR THE POSITION THE CANDIDATE IS VYING FOR?
Take you time to Research their stance on issues you care about. Learn about their leadership skills. Does the person listen? COMPARE, ASK, LISTEN TO CANDIDATES.
Recognize distortions in the information and opinions they express. Look up other sources of information to fact check. DO THEY COME IN PEACE?
A study has found that ethnic and economic variables are minor features of voting that do not influence how people vote. (I do not think that is true). PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW CANDIDATES HAVE WORKED FOR WHAT THEY ARE (NOT WHAT THEY HAVE) AND HAVE A PROVEN RECORD OF BEING WHAT THEY CLAIM.
Electoral psychology, the field that studies the psychology of voting, studies the factors that may influence an individual in their voting choices and whether or not they choose to vote at all. Such factors may include questions of personal identity, ethics, and emotional responses.
How a person chooses "who to vote for" is a process of socialization and inquiry that is influenced by friends, media, and family tradition.
https://www.usa.gov/voter-research Studies on how people decide to vote or the process of selecting a candidate, the act of choosing one name from among the list on a ballot is a subject matter and topic of great significance. Since our future and present are molded on these mechanisms of the human brain to transfer social norms from generation to infinity, Your vote, it matters!
Therefore, becoming aware of what we are creating on a long term basis, the big picture, the why and how, makes us just smart enough to accept instead of fight change. Why? If we can see clearly how the now affects the then, our voting trends will take us where we want to be heading.
So we may not know how we got here— all the way.
First we came from Europe, took out the ones already here, appropriated the land that belonged to them, and called it "Manifest Destiny." Then institutionalized the European culture and called it "mainstream."
We purchased human beings to work for generational enslavement at capitalist enterprises that created generational wealth which continues to control politics, production and productivity.
Once there was blood! And slavery was abolished. But there has been more and more blood shed over and over over the centuries. Yet, the only ones who receive reparations are those who finance the wheels of destruction, the multiverse of corporal entities whose tentacles make and break the world into pieces at the whim of capitalist ideas no matter what's at risk as long as it's to preserve their own from losses at the sake of humanity.
Throughout the 19th and 20th century and with much sacrifice, workers, laborers. handicapped, disabled, women, LGBT, indigenous people, humans of every ethnicity and condition, the earth itself, have each and all fought for and earned some small, medium, and large gains of respect. In a country where state is promised to be free from religious dogma, the media's agenda go to the highest bidder and that includes the ultra religious factions of every country. In a world where interdependence is also inter-responsibility, the vote is the one tool which can make the world a more equitable and fair "cho-a-sis" (chaotic-oasis) because justice does exist if you want to allow it to be served.
Now, not just the freedmen and women of un reconstruction, but immigrants that continue to arrive across rivers, oceans, and lands to vie for a splash of the shower of plenty, become "We The People" who can vote in 5 to 7 years. Immigrant's vote
To all new and old "citizens" of the US, know your country deeper and deeper, know who is who and what is what. Dig in and believe no one and nothing but make your own conclusions based on intelligent facts and analytical unbiased vision.
So, here we are, trying to blot out the sun with one hand, banning the truth from that which can't be hidden: TRUTH. What do you think the future holds? More of the same? For how long? How would you like your society to function?
Ask yourself why you get up in the morning every day and earn your wage, or are you one of the 10 percent who instead watches over your golden eggs? Whatever the case may be, it behooves us all to know how it is we bring about our COLLECTIVE present.
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Florida Voter Demographics with charts- check out the way people vote.
Can we believe in democracy again?
WHY IS AMERICA DIVIDED?
This book is for those who love to see the irony of things. Doesn't this image remind you of the tribal nations of this land before Europeans came to manifest their destiny here?
So, if you're from a big city where democrats are the majority but you despise liberals, what does that make you? Sane or Insane?
A lot of us may turn away from the majority in our lives, but we don't have to hate. we can see the other person's point of view without veiling of the facts by the media and making assumptions, generalizations, and other prejudices.
Empathy starts with putting yourself in other's shoes. Empathy is the precursor of justice and peace and of the golden rule.
In all 50 states, the share of non-Hispanic White eligible voters declined between 2000 and 2018, with 10 states experiencing double-digit drops in the share of White eligible voters. During that same period, Hispanic voters have come to make up increasingly larger shares of the electorate in every state. These gains are particularly large in the Southwestern U.S., where states like Nevada, California and Texas have seen rapid growth in the Hispanic share of the electorate over an 18-year period.1
These trends are also particularly notable in battleground states – such as Florida and Arizona – that are likely to be crucial in deciding the 2020 election.2 In Florida, two-in-ten eligible voters in 2018 were Hispanic, nearly double the share in 2000. And in the emerging battleground state of Arizona, Hispanic adults made up about one-quarter (24%) of all eligible voters in 2018, up 8 percentage points since 2000.
Two-Way (Democrat vs. Republican) Support for Democratic Candidates, 2012-2020
THIS COUNTRY BELONGS TO THOSE WHO LABOR IN IT, ARE BORN IN IT, ARRIVE LATER IN LIFE TO IT, AND HAVE A DREAM JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE. WHO WANTS TO SURVIVE AND GET AHEAD OF POVERTY? BUT IT SEEMS THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE DON'T VOTE!
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE CANDIDATE GET INVOLVED or BECOME ONE!
YEA! EASIER SAID THAN DONE! TO GET INTO REAL BADASS POLITICS YOU NEED A DONOR WITH AT LEAST A MILLION DOLLAR DONATION. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO PROMISE IN EXCHANGE?
If you're like Rubio, you'll be standing next to the 0'clock news gaslighting the world by saying that "he will not allow this country to be taken away like his parents' country (CUBA) was?" Be afraid, is what he means, someone is out to get your country and so don't vote RED (blue).
Yea! Someone IS out to get OUR country! The one that keeps the price of food going up—same ones that don't pay any taxes but profit BILLIONS and OWN the FOOD seeds of this world! They keep corrupt politicians in power!
Gaslighting like Rubio does is a strategy used by narcissists and misogynists to scare people into believing that the only way to stay free is to become a serf of corporate America OR OF THE STATE, yet they love their social security benefits, the 8 hour day, paid vacay and overtime! None of it would have been possible without the blood and sinew of those who struggle every day to put food n their table and a roof over their head.
The sad thing is to see that those who have achieved middle ground look towards labor movements and equal rights activists with disdain for the struggle thinking it's not theirs or them. Yet, they CONTINUE TO BENEFIT and receive the hard earned slack of the noose on those who DO INSTIGATE, INCITE, AND KEEP IT STIRRING for the cause of equality like a good SOJOURNER TRUTH!