The Political Views of a Communistic Hippie

I will likely get a backlash of anger against this cause that seems to be the spirit of the election. Let us all hate one another that we might bring about a greater good to our dear country. It has been fascinating lately to read the threads and articles about the election. Venom in the form of rhetoric is spewed upon anyone who speaks for or against our close personal friends Mitt and Barack. I feel grateful to know them so well that I feel confident in defending them both with my electronic life. Why not, right? One of them will be sitting in that high-backed, plush leather seat for the next four years. The point I find shocking is how vehemently we step behind two parties as if there are only two opinions to be had. Two parties to rule them all! It has such a mob feeling about it. I feel like America is being shuttled to either the Republican Lemming Party or the Democratic Lemming Party. Where is cute, unknowing Scout when you need her or my man Atticus?

Personally, I refuse to join either party. This stance has earned me the name of "Socialist", "Communist", and my new personal favorite of "Terrorist". Classy, no? I never and still do not pretend to be well versed in the current election. Which is completely fine with me because I, again, am not planning on taking a side either way. 

I am still baffled on how precisely my refusal to join a flawed governmental system run by individuals who believe breast milk can "cure" homosexuals or that so completely understands what it is like to get pregnant through rape via his daughter's out of wedlock pregnancy provokes such outrage. (Let's hear it for my new favorite people Tom Smith and Todd Adkin. Read this http://jezebel.com/5938313/having-a-baby-out-of-wedlock-kind-of-like-getting-pregnant-from-rape-says-senate-candidate so they too can entertain you. I pray Mitt keeps them around simply to keep the population questioning the intellectual power of our "best and brightest".) 

Besides, I am pretty much a socialist/communist by heart. In theory, communism truly is the most ideal government system. Just because a bunch of power hungry anti-semitists were the first to give it a shot doesn't destroy it's potential value to society. 

I am neither conservative nor liberal and this seems to create drastic confusion. If you consider the way our country was initially set up it was not intended to be bipartisan. Sigh, what a poor example of a human being I am for denying my "civic" duty to vote for either side ample with flawed logic and lacking in morality. The irony is in another four years those defending Romney or Obama will soon be loading whatever negative turmoil we are in solely on one of these chaps. 

I recently read a book I adore not only for it's literary brilliance and beauty, but for the reasoning so in line with my own. Here is one of my favorite quotes from "The Likeness" by Tana French. 

“Look at the old wars, centuries ago: the king led his men into battle. Always. That was what the rulerwas: both on a practical level and on a mystical one, he was the one who stepped forward to lead his tribe, put his life at stake for them, become the sacrifice for their safety. …The king was the country; how could he possibly expect it to go into battle without him? But now…Can you see any modern president or prime minister on the front line, leading his men into the war he’s started? And the physical and mystical link is broken, once the ruler is no longer willing to be the sacrifice for his people, he becomes not a leader but a leech…As soon as rulers mean nothing, war means nothing; human life means nothing.” pg 321

Amen. I know this sounds immensely harsh against American government, but I honestly believe this part of it has become a degraded institution of the power hungry leading the blind along a treacherous path. My critics (assuming anyone actually reads this) will surely defend the system by pointing out I am able to write my opinion because I am in America. Very true. However, I feel Americans too often tread in dangerous waters of claiming we are the most superior country in the world. In reality, our ranking in education has dropped from number one twenty years ago to 12th. Our economy, obviously, is in horrible shape. You know what Americans score number one in over and over again though? Confidence. We are confident that we are the best when really we need to step up our game and meet the higher standard of the past. We have WAY more work to do on our education system, our economy, and country overall than could be accomplished within four years. This is precisely why I feel so astonished at the rage invoked in people defending their "leech", the man who they will turn on soon enough because he did not bring about the things he promised (though I believe these men truly do want their promises to come true). So, go on now. Criticize me. Tell me I am uneducated. Tell me I lack even the basic foundation of intelligence. Turn my argument into something personal between you and I instead of between two people you and I will never meet and who will likely never accomplish half of what he promises.

I hope this does not come across that I am deciding to cast in my lot of hatred against all those who are voting for either one of the candidates. If you truly believe in what they are saying, you should. It is your right to vote and a noble one at that if you are upholding your beliefs. Just don't expect me to join the hate parade against the "other guys" cause I will be over here in my Hippie Corner waving my "Love Everyone" banner :)