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RE: EcoTrain QOTW: Trump's Rise to Power
Your take on this seems to make the only relevant characteristic of a president their economic/military policy. Indeed, on that score every president of my lifetime has been virtually indistinguishable.
But what about the environment? What about the rights of women and various ethnic and religious groups?
This 45th president appears to actually hate the planet itself, hold women with an abusive disdain, and approach non-European descendants in much the way a nazi would.
To me what defines a president is not what he has in common with all others, but what differentiates him.
Thank you for such a thoughtful reply! My only intent in this article is to point out that elections, when it comes right down to it, are utterly pointless to citizens. Voters have no power whatsoever over who gets to run for office. Voters only get to choose between the 2 candidates that were chosen FOR them. And those candidates are OWNED by the system, without exception, and they do nothing but what the system orders them to. No candidates have any power of their own whatsoever, and the system that puts them in place laughs out loud at all the arguments over military, foreign policy, women's rights, gay rights, the environment, religion, you name it. Policy on EVERYTHING is predetermined, long before any pretend elections are held. The game is rigged, we're all being played. It's been that way for a long time. Fortunately I'm finding increasing numbers of folks, particularly here on Steemit, are now well aware of this farce, and are no longer being played.
Woohoo!!!
Again, my thanks for your reply. Peace, blessings and joy to you and yours!
I hear your argument and mostly agree, except that I think it only applies to the economy and the military. There is a huge difference between the current and previous president (and actually the current and all previous presidents going all the way back to Andrew Jackson) on social issues. That's why the battles in the public consciousness are generally fought around social issues.