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The Five Ps of Politics Used to Ruin All Peoples
I tend to drone on but not today. I’m in the mood of “stop being willfully ignorant, look around, think, question, and force yourself to pop your own bubble and breathe fresh air.”
(1) POLICY
People hear the word “Policy” and don’t understand much about it. There’s no in-depth philosophy or debate. A policy is simply a goal a candidate must strive for. In shorter words, “It is their promise”. There is no compromising a policy. When you say the words, “In this house, we,” followed by a rule, that is the policy, that is the promise, and compromise is something you won’t do. It’s not a “think about it like that.” It’s “That is literally what it is.” When you get a job, you must abide by the company’s policies, or face being fired, fined, or demoted. When you listen to who you want to vote for, listen to their policies… if they have any at all.
(2) PROPAGANDA
This is simply as simple can be. You have a way of thinking about things, but what happens when you turn on the TV, online media, watch advertisements, and listen to unchallenged verbiage? When we sit down, and turn off our brains and open our ears, we are taking in propaganda. This group wants to do this, that person wants to do that, I will give you this and that, these are what’s being said and done, and a whole host of other…