Monday, October 07, 2024
The choice
Personality and character vs. policy
I know people who have made it clear that they won’t be voting for Donald Trump in the upcoming election. They don’t particularly like Harris (and most don’t really know anything about her) but they definitely know they don’t want Trump. My rhetorical response to their stance is to ask them how their lives were negatively impacted by Trump when he was president for four years. Of course, that’s a question they really can’t answer because the only people (among American citizens) actually affected negatively were ideologues angry that they couldn’t the shove the latest statist scam down our throats.
Any choice in an election ultimately comes down to one’s appraisal of a candidate’s personality and character or the candidate’s policy positions. If one dislikes a candidate’s personal attributes, they can typically find some policy to fortify their opinion regarding the candidate’s character. If one dislike’s a candidate’s policy positions or past deeds in politics, it’s easy to then describe what an awful person he or she is regardless of actual policies pursued.
In the end, the primary motivation for who one votes for is character and/or policy.
I don’t hear many anti-Trump people describe how much they like open borders, high crime, high inflation, or weakness on the world stage. Of course some will simply deny that the last four years have been just that. There really is little that one can criticize about Donald Trump’s desire to promote the interests of “America (Americans) first” or “making America great again.”
If one is voting solely on personality, it’s reasonable to see how some thoroughly dislike Trump. He’s obviously a braggart. He’s brash, conceited, occasionally ill-mannered and rude, and unpredictable. His simplicity annoys intellectuals and pseudo-intellectuals to no end. Those who demand we “trust the experts (who are usually wrong about everything)” can’t fathom simple statements like, “these are bad people, no one has seen anything like it.”
I refer to “mean tweets” more objectively as “witty and sarcastic responses to mean comments directed at him.” In any event, we can surly endure some entertaining personal flaws if our very livelihood is at stake — and, it is.
In some elections, we go four years with a personality we don’t like or some policies we can eventually reverse or repair but, this is not one of those elections. The left is looking to permanently solidify their position. They have been very clear what their game plan is. They will pack the Supreme court with leftist radicals that have no respect for our constitution. They will make millions of “newcomers” into instant voting citizens. They will use concocted concerns about “racism” and “climate change” to radically alter American’s living standard and cultural cohesiveness.
Not everyone consults their knowledge of history and human nature before making their decision in an election. It might be good (for everyone ) if they did.
The Democrat party machine (regardless of who their candidate is) has become a vocally anti-constitution force that aims to eliminate all opposition. There are now too many instances of common citizens who have had SWAT teams show up at their door or FBI agents questioning their social media comments, statements at school board meetings, or allegiance to traditional Christian beliefs. These are not exaggerated observations. Such oppressive state behavior has become increasingly common. The leftist/Democrat machine does this because they can. They’ve tested the waters and have found that, with support from establishment media and corporate monopolies, they can pretty much get away with anything they want. A 62 year old grandmother is in prison for two years for protesting at an abortion clinic — courtesy of Merrick Garland’s Soviet style “justice” department.
It’s no longer conjecture that Democrats have let hordes of dependent and often criminal elements into the country for the purpose of diluting American culture and overriding the votes of American citizens.
Those who are reasonably well-informed of current events and history know there are concerted efforts to establish centralized authority that will micro-manage everyone’s life;
‘A central bank digital currency to eliminate private transactions and afford the state the ability to confiscate funds of those who step out of line.
Active desire to control who can speak and what they can say under the phony scheme of “limiting hate speech and disinformation” (all under the watchful eye of some of the greatest state-sanctioned perpetrators of hate and disinformation).
Control of what we will be permitted to eat and what utilities we will be allowed to purchase and — ultimately — if we will be permitted to privately own any thing at all (and “be happy”).
Movements like what are occurring now have happened before but with less technology and media influence. The French Revolution is a classic blueprint of what occurs when a clique of social-planning “philosophers” are attempting to “create a new world.” Mass-hysteria is the inevitable result. The least of your worries under such conditions is disruptions in supply chains for food and essentials. Piss these autocrats off, and you’ll be killed, your family will be killed, and years down the road, even with a pendulum swing in the other direction, you get a dictator and war.
It’s hard for some to fathom such things in a world that has been relatively stable and free (in the U.S.). You get a job at McDonalds, go to college, get married, have kids, watch Netflix, and go to the mall on weekends…and then, a revolution, mass violence, and dictatorship(?). Again, hard to fathom. But, history doesn’t care if you lack awareness of what it has done before. A typical dam-break in history begins with minor cracks and some trickling water. We’re currently beyond that.
Voting based on sane policy proposals may just save your future. Vote based on annoyance over perceived personality flaws may find you wishing you still had access to Netflix and weekends at the mall.
Vote as if your life depends on it…it does.
