The Only Important Story Regarding this Election

[Acim]

Like this Trump guy insulting others. I say okay, he is a buffoon. But then he starts wining that he is being discriminated.

Really Donald, you believe your victims do not like you? That they fight back? That they do mean, mean things to you. Did they hurt your feeling? Does it make you feel a poor, poor Donald? Come buddy, man up, do not be a weeny.

Had you left this part off, I could've liked, loved, found creativity in your post. Oh well. The rest is insightful.

 

[Wu Wei]

How it could come to be that these are our two choices, and what this says about our political system, our society, and our future.

Political system: there is a major disconnect between the politicians and the average American, basically it is broken

Our Society: It has degenerated a bit to a mindset that believes it is easier to be told what to do by a political party based on affiliation than actually think about it and figure it out for ourselves

Our Future: That is a scary thing to think about at the moment

 

[columbus]

How it could come to be that these are our two choices, and what this says about our political system, our society, and our future.

The reason for this is no secret. It's because the day after the election 98% of the eligible voters will go back to their video games and gardening and whatever. They will ignore the political process until the next presidential campaign and then they will whine about the choices that the 2% who remained engaged offer them.

This reminds me of the people who whine about the lack of good manufacturing jobs in the USA. Then they get in their Kia and go to WalMart and buy a bunch of imported goods from the illegal immigrants who work there. Because buying USA made goods are more expensive due to labor and workplace regulations and they can't afford that sort of thing.
Tom

 

[Cassandra]

Had you left this part off, I could've liked, loved, found creativity in your post. Oh well. The rest is insightful.

You rate other peoples posts like it is some kind of public performance and you are in the jury? And I am suppose to amuse you? I guess that is what Americans have learned to do.

Somehow Americans have come to live in a world where everyone is trying to be liked by projecting false images of themselves and in return judge others in the same way. Fakism is so big in this country, people do not even know what is to be real. Real is something ugly that has to be hidden. It started with makeup and then they gave their mind endless makeovers. Talking to Americans feels like a bite in a plastic apple. I mean Japanese are polite and hide their true feelings, but they are not projecting fake emotions all the time to be liked.

Maybe that is why the Donald is so liberating to the Americans, he pretends to be free of that. Mind you, he is not, but he is playacting that. Like a CNN commentator said: Obama is so authentic! And his colleague replied: Yes, if you can fake that, you are the best!

My impression of Americans is that many are not real anymore but have become holograms, endlessly mirrored images.

 

[Acim]

You rate other peoples posts like it is some kind of public performance and you are in the jury?

Yes. I feel that is what being on open forum is partially about, and given the idea that we do have rating tools available.

And I am suppose to amuse you?

I'm not sure why you are asking this.

I guess that is what Americans have learned to do.

Is that a question as well?

Somehow Americans have come to live in a world where everyone is trying to be liked by projecting false images of themselves and in return judge others in the same way. Fakism is so big in this country, people do not even know what is to be real. Real is something ugly that has to be hidden. It started with makeup and then they gave their mind endless makeovers. Talking to Americans feels like a bite in a plastic apple. I mean Japanese are polite and hide their true feelings, but they are not projecting fake emotions all the time to be liked.

I was basing my commentary on the idea that after criticizing the battle, you chose to take sides, thus partaking in the thing you were criticizing.

Maybe that is why the Donald is so liberating to the Americans, he pretends to be free of that. Mind you, he is not, but he is playacting that. Like a CNN commentator said: Obama is so authentic! And his colleague replied: Yes, if you can fake that, you are the best!

My impression of Americans is that many are not real anymore but have become holograms, endlessly mirrored images.

I would hope this isn't being said indirectly about me or anyone on the forum, as that would seem like an insult and in violation of forum rules.

 

[McBell]

The reason for this is no secret. It's because the day after the election 98% of the eligible voters will go back to their video games and gardening and whatever. They will ignore the political process until the next presidential campaign and then they will whine about the choices that the 2% who remained engaged offer them.

Really?
it is your claim that the ones who remained "engaged" chose Hillary and Donald?
So you are saying that Hillary and Donald are the best that those who remained "engaged" could come up with?

I certainly hope you did not mean this for anything other than a rant against those who remained "engaged"....

This reminds me of the people who whine about the lack of good manufacturing jobs in the USA. Then they get in their Kia and go to WalMart and buy a bunch of imported goods from the illegal immigrants who work there. Because buying USA made goods are more expensive due to labor and workplace regulations and they can't afford that sort of thing.
Tom

Where the hell do you live?
In my neck of the woods, the ones whining about lack of manufacturing jobs drive 10+ year old beaters and shop at Wal-mart because at $7.50 an hour they cannot afford to shop anywhere else.