The man is selling a bill of fake goods. At best, he is bearer of empty promises and false hopes. Nothing will be solved with him as president, nothing at all. He hides his true demeanor under a thin veil of kindness and integrity. It is one of politician's greatest tricks; to fool the people into a false sense of security and progress. If elected, this old sod will quickly realize that barely any of his goals are even remotely feasible. The public will defend him at first, but turn sour soon after. They will realize the systematic delusion that has been thrust upon them by an old man playing virtuous. Nearly 3,000 years of human history has shown us that only violence will solve an issue of this magnitude. We have murdered, raped, pillaged and burned in order to accomplish our goals in an attempt to strive towards some odd conception of progression, and it unfortunately will happen again. Our biology (and the very nature of life itself) demands competition, its intentions and methods mattering little. He, and many others, labor under the delusion that we have bettered ourselves and that we can come together in our hour of need. Nothing could be further from the truth. If modernity has revealed anything helpful, it has showed us how strongly we despise one another.
Is he care for the common man genuine? I highly doubt it. After all, what sane man can observe the public and come to the conclusion that they are worth saving? The rational decision here would be to leave them to their own device. We cannot change herd mentality, as it has dominated the tribalism-esque thought process that drove us to become the food chain's top dog. With the technological advancements of the last 30 years, we have been able to express our thoughts and view each other in ways never thought possible. Here the horrible truth is realized, and that is we cannot improve, not without conflict. Behind every fake smile we concoct for society, lies a cynical misanthrope begging for strife and disaster. Bernie is perhaps the most obvious example of this. He and his supporters paint himself as some sort of saint who will save us from ourselves, when in reality he only seeks validation for the decades he has spent ranting at Congress for not listening. His intentions are entirely self-motivated. You have to be high or ignorant to want to save the people who have put you down for your entire political career. It is the equivalent of caring for a narcissistic parent in their final days, all the while playing along with their false belief that they were good to you.
If there is anything useful to do, it is to sit back and watch the country burn. Soon after, whatever is left will rise from the ash and attempt to take civilization and mold it anew. We sweep too much under the rug already, and soon it will be pulled right from under us. The house cannot stand, for every pillar was rigged to blow from the start. All of us are complicit in the corruption and moral failings of this world, and many will pay for it in the worst ways unimaginable. From here, we have too imminent possibilities: push on through hell or lay down and embrace the void. The choice is ours, although I doubt anyone will even acknowledge its very existence. None of us can make an informed decision and expect to be satisfied with it. It will not come down to what we believe is best, but what will be regretted the least.
“Marry, and you will regret it; don’t marry, you will also regret it; marry or don’t marry, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the world’s foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will regret that too; laugh at the world’s foolishness or weep over it, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it; believe her not, you will also regret it… Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will regret that too; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you’ll regret it either way; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the essence of all philosophy.”
~ Søren Kierkegaard
