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I recognize myself in this...
In my country Belgium, I grew up with mostly the leftists/socialists being in the government and messing up a lot.
So I thought, the right/conservatives will be clean up the mess right?

How wrong was I...

For me, all politicians are the same. They present themselves in their way and try to convince you with their good believes.
But once they have the power, it is hard to look after those good believes.

The problem isn't the people in positions of power, but the existence of those positions of power.

Thanks for dropping by :-)

I agree completely! But things will get better! People are waking up!

Well said. But in the end, there's no left or right because they both embody hypocrisy and deception to move forward the same agenda dictated by their bankster and corporate masters. Keep the nation divided in their opinions and conquer; always was, always will be true.

This "both sides are the same" argument is so tired and obviously wrong considering our current administration and its GOP enablers.

No it's not wrong. Look back at the history of each american president, you'll see they all perpetuate the same things: wars, corporate handouts, foreign fears (anti-Russia, anti-China rhetoric), more poverty, etc. They may change a few things on the surface to give the illusion of change, but deep down it's always been the status quo.

Very true. Don't suppose you watched the video? I cover the "distinction without a difference" starting at about the 1:30 mark :-)

Yes I watched it of course.

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So...when you saw through the liberal fakery, it was the conservitive fakery that opened your eyes to your own cognitive disdonece? Now you recognise the illegitimacy of the state all together? It's no matter how you got here, anarchy is glad to have you. Agora!

Excellent Synopsis, you hit the sweet spot, spot on.
As we cut the way for more of a decentralized path,
Which you are so intelligently
doing:) we are contributing to the Great Steemit BlockChain and others that are eons ahead of the defunked, corrupt crusty Puritanical Athoriarianism model ( masking itself as a two party system)
We expose the Social Narisisim, simply by creating great content like this....they cannot, they play by a centralized Machevillian play book that leads to the same song different dance bs.
All the while, by the passion of Steemians like you that are endlessly creating real Value back to the community...we are saying checkmate.
Gosh...you got me going:》
Great post creative post!
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What a novel concept, evaluating your current thinking, where you get your information so that you may find a more suitable path for your free will as a citizen to be exercised. If this activity were done once every few years (multiplied 350 million) we wouldn't need politicians, or at the very least not near as much. Thank you for the post @careywedler!

Great Video! Collectivism will always lead to some form of tyranny. The internal logos of the group always trumps the right of the individual to be free. For the evangelicals it is a world where everybody is following the word of god, for anarchists it's a world where all ruling institutions are destroyed, even if the individual is voluntarily giving up sovereignty, in return for protection. Radical Feminist want a world which is governed primarily by woman, because they belief masculinity is by existence a dreadful concept. All ideologies house an utopia, which is the legitimation for intellectual & legislative authority. If you are (supposedly) fighting for greater good, the use of force is not looked down upon.

Any law or rule trumps the right of the individual to be free, and that's not always a bad thing. Why should people be free to do things that hurt other people? From the perspective of a murderous person, the law prohibiting murder is "tyranny."

Your rights as an individual to be free stop at exactly the point where they infringe on another's right to be free. Hence, there is no need for a "law" amongst moral humans.

Unfortunately, "laws" are just made up by violent gangs, who claim that they have the right to infringe on everyone else's freedoms, "for their own good".

Yes, if all humans were moral we wouldn't need laws, but unfortunately, that's not the world we live in. People do bad things that hurt other people, and laws are needed to prevent harm and punish people who cause it.

Spot on, Join the Libertarian Party.

Not until they at least have a realistic plan to protect the environment.

Better yet, stop feeding into violent, authoritarian systems. Stop taking in their brainwashing, stop paying their extortion fees, stop acting like politicians are anything but gangsters, and start taking responsibility for your own life

It would seem to me, after watching your video, that you are not upset with liberal ideology but rather liberal hypocrisy.

So, I think your real problem is not with the ideas of egalitarianism, but with political donations.

I know that seems like a weird jump in logic. But, politicians today claim one thing to get elected and then do whatever the donation class tells them. Mostly because we have legalized bribery over the last few decades as "donations" and "PAC money".

I would strongly suggest that you look into a few different organizations working to get money out of politics. There are a few different organizations that are working to do this:
www.wolf-pac.org - this is my favorite
movetoamend.org
inequalityforall.com
representus.us

There are many more. But those are the ones I personally follow.

The last thing I will say is that ideology that drives the body politic. And liberals, while far from perfect (as your video points out), still win in the marketplace of ideas. As equality and democratization are still far superior ideas.

So, please don't let the imperfect destroy the good or better. Just because your allies let you down doesn't mean what you are collectivly fighting for isn't still the correct thing to fight for.

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