8 years ago I started paying attention to the specific problems politicians were harping on most loudly. Wall street speculation, corporate control of the economy, the military industrial complex, religious zealots of different faiths assuming power over governments here and abroad, "deregulation", etc.
By the time i'd absorbed a year+ of being bombarded with propaganda and the talk of oncoming recession, up to my eyeballs and ears in shit, i cast a vote for Barack Obama. I was looking for hope and change.
The economy collapsed into recession that loomed on for years and my interest in worldly concerns grew. I'd say reading Henry Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson was a major eye opener that set me on a path to seek truth first, and action later. How could this man make so many points of contention appear so easy to understand, as well as so obvious as to the truth? 5 years of self-study in economics later I find myself much closer to the truth, yet significantly removed from popular (allowable) opinion.
The past month or two have seen a revival of presidential politics and a surprising pair of hot ticket names. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. In the USA, a self-described Socialist and a comb-over celebrity. Perhaps that's enough said.
Economy to hell. As I look back I see the useful idiot I was and how much further we've gone down the same road.
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