Politics (the remix)

I believe I have admitted to knowing close to nothing about politics.

And if I haven't... Well, there it is. But to quote Pete Davidson of Saturday Night Live: "...Do you know how bad you have to screw up in politics for me to notice?" (or something to that effect). And I have noticed. So let's blog about it.

I have never understood how the greater American public can be so easily vacuumed up into the Dyson that is political propaganda. Republicans recently voted for Trump due, at least in part, to his promise to "build a wall". I'm not certain that any of us knew (including, but not limited to Trump) if he meant it as a metaphor or if he was dead-set on the physical act of building a real, live wall along our border, but here we are. And I think we can all admit that whether or not the wall (in whatever fashion) is, in fact, there, there have been some ...snafus. And yet here we are again with the Dems, this time (sorry, guys): Free Healthcare for All and Student Loan Forgiveness. These are the hot topics. And everyone's falling for it. Again. Only... on the "other side".

How can it possibly be that people - plural! - are fooled by this suggestion? Has it really been that long since the last shangrilah was broken?? Or is it really that different because it's obviously just a problem on the "other side"? Is it really true that people hear "free" and they stop listening immediately? Stop thinking, even? Where, do you suspect, we are getting all the resources necessary to foot the bill on this healthcare? This loan forgiveness? Am I to understand that there are some people who truly believe that there exists a group of angry old white men (in the white house), sitting on a balc (like Statler & Waldorf) simply creating bills for the greater American public? For no apparent reason?

Of course, it could be argued that all money is obsolete / "for no reason", but I think you understand my meaning.

And what are we to believe, really? The fake news, as it has been deemed? After the propaganda's been handled and supplimented in, what else is there?