Twenty Sixteen.

About the "report" my neurons have been working on. (*)

It's done. Here it is:

 

Twenty Sixteen (2016)
or: How I learned to start worrying and hate third parties.

Now and again, some enlightened spirit from the same dimension I live in jumps in my timeline to reply to something I wrote about Biden. It usually starts with civility, the usual preambles, like "sorry to disagree", or "I beg to differ", or the more blunt "not so fast", but it quickly escalates after I reiterate my reasoning considering third parties a greater threat to freedom and democracy than any magat candidate, even Trump.

The arguments they put forth are always a variant of "but my conscience dictates" kind of justification. As if their conscience is alright with the institution of a real life Gilead, so long as they voted for someone else dividing the opposition to it when it mattered. My guess is these people would flee to Canada and continue their righteous fight against the powers that be, while we poor bastards would be left here to deal with the consequences of their precious fantasy vote.

I am very tired of engaging these people. I did try, for a while, because they pretend to be liberals and I refused to treat them the same as I treat the Nazis I run into on Threads. The Nazis get no engagement from me, just a clean block, off the bat. But what can I say, I always try to see who is really the liberal on the other side. In doing so, I try to make new thriends who are disillusioned and tired like me, just a bit more, but in order to try gain those thriends I lost a lot of neurons by extending the contact with the more radical, ideological purity fanatics.

There is no argument in the world that can counter our political reality, the one we live in. We either face this fact, or we will perish in the flames of ideology and "good conscience". No matter how well structured the reasoning, how well conceived the theses, the TRUTH is but one: when it comes to a presidential election, no one other than a Democratic candidate, no matter who that is, can beat the one placed on the ballot by the GOP.

We live in a two party system that will ONLY change after a very hard and successful effort to place independents or third party members in all levels of government, from local school boards to local councils and legislatures, to State governorships, to the US Congress, not to mention a few judicial appointments. Then and ONLY then, will we be ready for a third party or independent candidate to the Presidency. But it is a VERY long game. This means you need the one thing these illuminated spirits do not have: Patience.

They want it all and they want it NOW. They want a revolutionary in the White House, who will satisfy their every desire for social justice, including the nationalization of Coca-Cola and McDonald's, the dismantling of the armed forces, the extinction of law enforcement, the tearing down of all prisons, and the ban of all private transportation, except for community bicycles. Free ones. Who cares if there is not a single member of Congress who supports such a president? Fidel did it in Cuba, so let's elect one like him! Done deal.

Never mind the chances of electing such a person are lower than being sucked by a tornado and hit by lightning while being chased by a shark, surfing a 70 foot wave. Who cares? It's the ideal that matters, that shining beam of light at the top of the mountain they will never climb, but that is so pretty. So appealing to the simple minds.

Because, I shit you not, they have VERY simple minds, albeit their “complex” idiosyncrasy. After being confronted with the hard truth, they start wobbling and shifting, like they are about to fall. And like a wobbler toy from hell, they keep coming back after each blow of fact, each slap of truth. They just keep coming back, relentlessly, unable to think past their own rhetoric, true believers, anointed in the altar of their political faith. For make no mistake, they are fanatics.

 

And I know this not because we disagree on policy, not because my ideas are better, or their motives are unsound, but because they will let us all burn alive by the actions of some fascist lunatic they helped ascend to power, to preserve their precious vote in some fool who couldn't stand a chance. For the fools that run for president as third party candidates or independents are also expendable, readily forsaken as the zealot horde searches their next messiah to sacrifice.

Only this time is even worse, and we all know it. This time there is a real chance all of us, including these incompetent, selfish fanatics, will never get the opportunity to fail miserably again. We will all burn. So why do they do this? For the same reason the magats do it. They'd rather see the world shattered into a million pieces than admit they are wrong. In the strict regard to deep, inner motivation, they drink from the same fountain, as all fanatics do.

Do not get me wrong, they are miles away from the despicable actions of these magat Nazis. But in their soul they share the same nihilistic instinct, that has no base on reality or reason. That's where the consequences of their actions meet. I may be on Threads to keep me sane, and exercise my mind, but I am certainly not here to play shrink to some poor sobs with delusions of grandeur they so eagerly project on me. Me, whose only delusion is to believe I can help my fellow human beings in some significant way. I know I can help, for sure, but nothing significant. I wish I could though.

That's my sin. As I grow older, I do not become bitter and disappointed. I blame no one but myself for my mistakes. I seek no retribution. I don't really have a target list, a shit list, a black book. I am a pragmatist, to some extent. I know I can't always get what I want. I know that being realistic and demanding the impossible does not mean being an idiot. It just means DEMAND the impossible. You have no idea what you can get when you demand the impossible, but that's what you are aiming for. And you should always aim high, when you are shooting for something so far away. But I digress. The fact is, it all comes down to 2016. Their "bothsideism", if you will, comparing Trump and Clinton as two equally disgusting "trash fires".

The "trash fire", "dumpster fire" or any variation thereof is the signal you have been waiting for, if the inevitable "fuck off" doesn't show up first. That tells you it's time to go. As with all absolutes the fanatics love so much, "both sides" is a sure way to destroy an argument. I look at each side individually, and decide based on their own merits and flaws.

 

The other difference of note is the third party supporter's inability to recognize flaws in their candidate. Although not as inane in their support as the magats, they try to avoid the subject. This is because magats see their chosen one (in this case Trump) as their God, while the third party supporters see themselves as Gods. But they stick to their guns as long as their candidate du jour serves their purposes.

And that's not nice. The Hillary complex is great with these people, but not because they are stupid. Contrary to magats, the third party ranks are made of educated zealots, many times highly educated, so lack of comprehension of level 2 or 3 political equations, let alone level 1, is not the problem. And 2016, just as 2024, is a level 1 equation. So why don't they see it? It's not out of blind faith in their supreme leader, they don't have one.
 

The only explanation I can find is they are deeply embarrassed. Oceanic Abyss type of deep. And they refuse to admit they, in some form, elected Donald Trump. To prove my theory, there is the fact they are positioning themselves to repeat 2016 in 2024. The complexity of the equation did not change, in fact, its simplicity is even supported by the fact that come 2024, the Democratic candidate will be someone with a proven record only comparable to the likes of FDR. And that drives them crazy.

Hillary had no credentials as president and a lot of baggage (word to the wise: not talking about e-mails here), she fit their description of "trash fire" a lot better, misguided and misleading as it was. Now what have they got? Age and insufficiency. The 2024 "trash fire" is all about inconsequential or ambiguous arguments. That makes it much easier to identify the inner struggle of their plight, the rage against their own ineptitude they so hard try to conceal.
 

Onwards!

With a little push by the likes of a son of a national icon turned raving lunatic, a naive Native American who should be running for Congress, and their very own messiah, a distinguished professor and intellectual, himself an icon of the civil rights struggle to this day, with a flavor of narcissistic righteousness, not all undeserved. So where do we go from here? 

 

We do what we must do to survive, and in doing so, we fight for the right of these fanatics to exist and proliferate, although the news of their increasing numbers are highly overrated. The truth is, in a free society one has the right to be wrong, as long as one's mistakes do not harm or cause injury to others. We also fight for the right of the Nazis to demonstrate, this is true, for the laws allow it and we fight for the rule of law.
 

BUT…
 

We fight for a better world, with clearer definition of human rights, better social justice and equity, better opportunities, better environmental policies, better labor regulations, better security on all levels, and yes, above all these, better laws. For the Nazis should not be allowed to be Nazis, in public or in private, just as we do not only not allow terrorist to attack us in broad daylight, but also to fester in the dark of night, in the privacy of their lairs.
 

Let's engage with one another purposefully, readying ourselves for the coming election that will forever change our lives. And as for the naysayers, you know the signs. By all means, make them rethink their position if you feel that is a possibility. But let me tell you, these people do not reason like we do. It is pointless to push hopelessly the wobblers who will always let their ideals get in the way of common sense, logic and reason, again and again. And again. Wobblers do that.
 

Please save your neurons for the good fight. Wasting even a few with a lost cause, like making remorseful fanatics admit the flaws that consume them, is not worth it. Come 2024, get out to vote, get everyone out to vote. We can do it. Nothing short of our survival depends on it. It is our choice alone. Even if the last remaining choice is to go falling or standing, like a tree.
 

I would like to go like a tree.

Standing.

2016 will not repeat itself.
We. Will not. Allow it.

 

[finis]

 

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