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Feb. 9th, 2020 04:24 pmNot to get into too contentious an area, but god... I really hate political elections, and here's why: too much focus on personality over policy. In my unrealistic, ideal worldview, when elections come up, we have ballots written like this: Candidate A, Candidate B, Candidate C, etc. And each candidate has a list of their stance on various topics, and an outline of their goals for if they make into office, and that's what we use to vote on. We don't have to know anything about them as people. We just pick the candidate whose beliefs/goals align closest to how we want our government to be run.
I'm just sick of people treating their preferred political parties as sports teams, where the focus stops being about what's good for our society, and starts being about WINNING. It's also a bit like the worst aspects of fandom, where fellow fans are shamed for not holding the same opinions as others. I'm not talking about the whole conservatives making fun of "liberal SJWs" or whatever they're up to these days, I'm talking about every Democrat being so fiercely protective of their preferred candidate for the 2020 presidential race, or how independent voters are completely shunned for taking a third option. I probably shouldn't go on or someone somewhere will tear my throat out, but it's just sad that we have to rely on such a flawed system. I wish we didn't have to, but I don't think that it will change during my lifetime.
Some thoughts from the Max Headroom episode "Grossberg's Return" to sum up: Network 23 and Network 66 are locked in combat during the "telelections," where each TV network sponsors a different candidate to run for public office (the specific office is never specified). Both networks run various smear campaigns, relying mostly on mudslinging and drama to garner viewers and trash the other network's candidate... until, at the very end of the episode, both 23 and 66 realize their ratings have gone down, with viewers growing so sick of the entire affair that they change the channel. A dark horse victory goes to Network 85's candidate, who has been out of focus for the entire episode. That episode sums up all of my feelings on modern day political elections in America, and possibly my view on life as well. Maybe I have a terrible way of looking at things. Maybe I'm ignorant and insulated. But that is really how I feel.
I'm just sick of people treating their preferred political parties as sports teams, where the focus stops being about what's good for our society, and starts being about WINNING. It's also a bit like the worst aspects of fandom, where fellow fans are shamed for not holding the same opinions as others. I'm not talking about the whole conservatives making fun of "liberal SJWs" or whatever they're up to these days, I'm talking about every Democrat being so fiercely protective of their preferred candidate for the 2020 presidential race, or how independent voters are completely shunned for taking a third option. I probably shouldn't go on or someone somewhere will tear my throat out, but it's just sad that we have to rely on such a flawed system. I wish we didn't have to, but I don't think that it will change during my lifetime.
Some thoughts from the Max Headroom episode "Grossberg's Return" to sum up: Network 23 and Network 66 are locked in combat during the "telelections," where each TV network sponsors a different candidate to run for public office (the specific office is never specified). Both networks run various smear campaigns, relying mostly on mudslinging and drama to garner viewers and trash the other network's candidate... until, at the very end of the episode, both 23 and 66 realize their ratings have gone down, with viewers growing so sick of the entire affair that they change the channel. A dark horse victory goes to Network 85's candidate, who has been out of focus for the entire episode. That episode sums up all of my feelings on modern day political elections in America, and possibly my view on life as well. Maybe I have a terrible way of looking at things. Maybe I'm ignorant and insulated. But that is really how I feel.
