Politicians as heroes
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When people see politicians as heroes, is that really any different than seeing sports figures as heroes? Seems like a lot of the emotional needs involved are similar. Political hero-worship gets more self-righteous, so more bitterness and possibly violent. But then you can also see sports fans violence, if one side feels like the other side won because of an uncalled foul.
Why are so many people so sure they have the perfect answers to political issues? People naturally have their own individual goals and dreams, but society can't exist if we don't make sacrifices to support it. Politics is mostly about trying to find the balance between those two things. In thousands of years, no society has found the exact right balance, so it seems very delusional when people foam at the mouth claming they know for sure the answer to this.
Why are so many people so sure they have the perfect answers to political issues? People naturally have their own individual goals and dreams, but society can't exist if we don't make sacrifices to support it. Politics is mostly about trying to find the balance between those two things. In thousands of years, no society has found the exact right balance, so it seems very delusional when people foam at the mouth claming they know for sure the answer to this.
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George W Bush - family connections.
Biden - ruthless shark with a lifetime of connections.
Trump - ruthless shark with connections
Obama - ruthless shark with connections
Clinton - ruthless shark with connections. Why was he invited to the Bilderberg Group if he as a nobody governor from Arkansas in 1991?
At least Bush 41 had fought in WW2, even being shot down by the Japanese in combat over the Pacific, but he still came from a very privileged family of east coast Elites.
Most athletes are bitchy little babies, and I don't need to explain the vast difference between a hero and an athlete.
I can not think of a president since Eisenhower who had established himself as a hero prior to entering politics.
^ I agree. There is what we know, what we don’t know and what we don’t know that we don’t know. We would do well to keep the third one in mind. Sometimes I’ve thought I had the right answer. And then felt foolish when I realized I’d not considered everything I should have.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve."
- H.L. Mencken
"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority. There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it."
- Lord Acton
“It matters not who votes, it only matters who counts the votes”
That's why "inspirational" politicians like Trump and Obama scare the shit out of me. We have to hold them in check, not fall under their sway.
I want the most boring, competent manager to run the executive branch.
"Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save."
- Psalm 146:3
Religious or not, it rings true.
He was the most progressive and visionary President we have ever had.
SJG
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Leftists seem to think the rest of us have short memories. Like when The Nation called Hugo Chavez' Venezuela a democracy. They're too busy screaming TRUMP!!!! to admit they fucked one up.
General rule on any moral decision, if you find yourself on the same side as Icey, it's time to reconsider.
If Reagan were alive today he'd be a laughing stock. But they didn't have access to info back then the way we do now.
There are plenty heroes out there.
Athletes aren’t heroes either. Their on field performances can be inspirational, but they are not heroic. One of the true heroes, who happened to be a professional athlete, was Pat Tillman.
If an athlete works in a charity and helps others, off the field, he is a very good person. But heroes risk everything, and they don’t expect anything in return. They aren’t doing something heroic and looking for a spotlight.
Speaking of which
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SJG
Sports were screamed about and your team could do no wrong.
And then Rush apparently couldn't find a job calling football games anymore.
SJG
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