Politics is basically a flawed profession. Why? It often enables too much corruption, lying, and deceit. It plays to the dark side of individuals who seek power above all else. Finally, it too often utilizes propaganda which benefits Oligarchs/Plutocrats at the expense of Main Street. While it's true we (all around the world) do have some politicians who are honest and ethical, unfortunately it seems they are far and few between, or perhaps reticent to speak out against the characteristics described above.
By any measure of common sense, I would think the scenarios below - brought about by various "Leaders" - are idiotic---
A Few Examples
1. The current Israeli Leadership still is bombing/attacking structures in Gaza where CHILDREN are being sheltered, thus killing or maiming some of those innocent children. Israel apparently believes such action is justified because Hamas people supposedly are in the same schools, houses, refugee shelters, etc. These war crimes are being aided by munitions from the USA.
2. The Biden Administration and probably most Republicans seem to believe Israel is NOT committing war crimes. I believe most of the world (including me) disagrees. The reasons for such disagreement should be blatantly obvious. Yes, Hamas also commits war crimes; however, that's not an ethical justification for doing the same. There is no justification whatsoever for war crimes.
3. ALL governments which produce and maintain (or host) nuclear weapons are dangerous idiots. Past posts on this blog have explained why. Here's only one of them:
Public Awareness of ‘Nuclear Winter’ is Too Low Given Current Risks
Here's another:
4. Due to adherence to the secular "religion" of neoliberalism (the Market will handle any problems), most humans on Earth now have PFAS (the "forever chemicals"), micro- and nano-plastics, and other toxic substances in their blood. PFAS, in particular, have been linked to various health problems (including cancer) and the altering of reproductive hormones, as well as other hormones. This all has been reported in scientific studies published in professional journals.
All the above is part of Ecological Overshoot, the main cause of our current Meta-Crisis. Too many politicians everywhere seem to NOT be paying enough attention to this complex issue. Those who are appear to be focused on only one of the symptoms of Overshoot: Climate Change. Other interconnected symptoms - biodiversity loss, soil degradation, toxic pollution, water availability problems, shrinking forests, overharvesting of fish, etc. - receive scant concern.
So, What Can Be Done?
A common sense response to the above-described human predicament would be to vote politicians out-of-office who promote the idiocy. Exercise some due diligence and vote into office those people who at least favor the elimination of Eco-Overshoot.
Given the power of Edward Bernays style Propaganda and how dogmatic most voters seem to be, the above response doesn't appear to be likely. But here's the thing: NO ONE can predict the future with 100% accuracy every time. In other words, we should not quit promoting common sense just because the implementation of it seems unlikely. History shows that many proposed scenarios which were deemed to be "hopeless" eventually took root and came to fruition. Such is especially true in the political arena. Without "hope" for a better future, we're just marking time.
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Not only my opinion. Happy Trails
