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senora sangria's avatar

It's good when we humans can be humble and realistic enough to recognize when we're on a poor path and change our course.....

thanks for sharing this!

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Running Raven's avatar

It's easy, and much less dramatic than people make it seem. You pick what's _closest_ to what's most important to you, and apart from that let politics be politics. I don't know why the answer to extremism (either or, or else) should be more extreme (then I'll have nothing) instead of freaking normalcy. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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VN's avatar

The huge problem in city, state and federal government is overspending. Spending is supposed to be tied to population and inflation. But is going up much higher than those 2 factors. And the spending is hidden from taxpayers by doing big omnibus bills, hiding all the pork. So I think that in the interest of transparency to citizens, each bill should be voted on individually. Hold your reps accountable.

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Joanna Vital Health's avatar

Hi Desister,

I am so glad you were able to desist and you are seeing things in the layers that they often are, not in black and white.

There are those people who are indoctrinated too deeply, who I think, personally, it is a waste of time to try to get them to our side (the sex realist side). They don't want to listen and there is no window of opportunity for a conversation. On a positive note, I don't think we actually need "everybody" to wake up in order to win.

Anthropologist Margaret Mead said: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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James Loewen's avatar

A beautiful and well-informed poem, Desister. We absolutely need to move beyond red and blue.

Remember everyone, look up, and rise up against the elite-pedo-parasites manipulating both sides, funding all wars, dictating policies in medicine and education, and controlling big pharma, mainstream media, corrupt governments and compromised politicians.

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for the kids's avatar

Perfect and thank you!!!! I will share this!

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Islamae's avatar

Indeed, two wings of a dirty old bird. And the algorithms are set to "feed" each of us the best of "our side" & the worst of "the other".

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EyesOpen's avatar

I'm with you. I like this: "It seems like the Wokies and the Trumpies have equally lost their common sense,

Both extremes have been indoctrinated and are caught up in a trance".

I'm an independent/non-affiliated voter, and some people actually disrespect me, even cancel me, because I haven't come over to their side fully.

Yes, "I’m sure many of us want a middle ground. But a central party to represent us is nowhere to be found."

Let's hope things change in the future.

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