Riley/Trump Similar Thinking…and Other Stuff
Everything is divisive enough, and some people don’t like the political discussion lately, but let’s face it, it’s an election year and we all have nothing else to do, so politics it is for now. Stop reading now if you fall in this camp. Fair warning. If you complain about this topic it’s because you DIDN’T STOP HERE.
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Moving on.
Something I noticed is that “Trumpers” tend to dig in and double down just like the Riley supporters. Same arguments. If you criticized Riley, they’d bring up the lack of better alternatives, he’s trying his best and that’s what matters, OSU can’t do any better because it’s OSU, any flaws he had were rationalized away. Same thing happens with Trump. If he lies it’s just who he is, he’s better than lying Killery, etc. A million excuses why we all just didn’t get it.
That StateU poster made me realize this. He really dug in on Trump. He even went so far to say it’s only Republicans on Mt. Rushmore, suggesting therefore Republicans are somehow the better Party. Meanwhile, Republicans before 1930 were essentially what we define as Democrats today. That’s why Lincoln was with the North and anti-slavery, Roosevelt created the National Parks, etc. Democratic policies. If you research this, you’ll see the parties switched in what they stand for…this is fact, even admitted by some of the most staunch Republicans. Can source if needed, or just Google the history of this.
Anyway, StateU would have been a guy who, in 2009 when Riley was clearly done after CW defeat and the subsequent the Nevada Bowl beatdown, would say he’s the best we can do.
Then there are people who call it like it is. Riley was average for a while. Riley would make a good OC. Etc. These people freely admit his strengths. Same with Trump. I can admit he had a few good ideas, like criticizing the FED, which he completely caved on, or getting off China. He caved or went the wrong way in executing them. I don’t think he has any redeeming qualities at this point since he couldn’t execute on anything. Riley was at least was a decent OC and popular with recruits’ parents til the bitter end.
We can all be fooled. I fell for Gary Andersen and Wayne Tinkle. I didn’t really fall for Trump, but I did vote for him, knowing very likely he was a piece of shit. But I did it to stick it to Social Justice Warriors who were telling me how to think. Very immature, in retrospect. I did fall for Obama when voting for him (thought he’d bring real change…lol on me). So, yeah, I make errors. The key, I think, is admitting then fixing them.
WannaBeav makes the great point Trump is a symptom of a bigger problem. I totally agree, and I’ve heard a lot of people in finance who I respect echo that sentiment. The problem is people don’t understand finance. They only understand they are falling behind, the dream is more unattainable, and so they vote more and more extreme. Then they dig in harder when challenged. This is both sides. The problem starts and ends with the Federal Reserve, and it is about to get a whole lot worse. We can discuss that, if anyone needs elaboration. But since nobody knows it starts and ends with the FED, they blame the other side and dig in, and they vote for radical policies hoping the next radical policy is the one that helps them and fixes things. The FED is laughing because they have divisive citizens blaming and ranting at one another as they quietly lurk in the background plundering the Country.
The Left has a major problem with the Trans movement. These people are essentially Trump votes. But Democrats have to appeal to them and pretend to stand for their rights to capture the vote, but if they don’t nominate a candidate who is “radical”, they don’t vote, and essentially turn into Trump votes. Some even migrate to the “Alt-Right”, which is a dangerous movement in that it is (a) extreme and (b) divisive, (c) susceptible to propaganda more than other movements. Many of the PizzaGate, Pedo this/pedo that, Clintons kill people, dead people voting, etc all come from the Alt-Right. These people are prone to conspiracy. I was a ZeroHedge reader for almost a decade, so I watched it all firsthand. I get why it’s alluring. Firm proof always falls flat. Yet people believe it.
The right has a major problem in that they haven’t won a popular vote in some time and keep falling behind there. They are very “evil genius” in how they deal with this problem. Their policies are blatantly in place to protect the rich, but they have a huge army of radio/TV personalities who convince people they can be like the rich if they just work harder, and the real enemy is the poor who are stealing their paychecks via taxes. This message is extremely bizarre, but it’s somehow very powerful. The net result is people wind up voting against their best interest (i.e. by definition, the majority of them are not rich, and therefore not voting their interest) and for the interest of the rich. Another powerful message here is that the rich became rich because of their own awesomeness. Sometimes that is true, sometimes it isn’t (e.g. Buffet is a huge government teat sucker). Gerrymandering is their other tactic. All of it is evil genius. Anyway, the Right has a very powerful radio and TV army that is influential. People drive around all day and listen to that crap in their car, and it begins to seep in. We have Uber drivers who listen to Hannity, become influenced by that powerful message, and vote Trump, who couldn’t be further disconnected from their best interests.
IMO we need more people in the middle. People who see the Right for what it is, the Left for it’s problems, etc. Rational Party, is what I call it. Like Mike Riley sucked for reasons we all know, Gary Andersen seemed awesome but sucked for reasons we came to know. And now we have someone in the middle, in Smith, who is very good for reasons we all see.
You can blame parties all you want, but the Federal Reserve is the cause of your problems. It’s not trannies, it’s not gays, it’s not the rich, it’s not the poor, it’s not Social Security, it’s not greedy CEOs and Capitalism, and it’s not whatever other distraction they want to throw at you. The cause of everything you’re dealing with today is the FED. Once you understand this and know why, you don’t care about parties or the people involved (well, Rand Paul still is an entitled, socialized medicine using piece of shit ;) )…his dad was spot on, though: End the Fed. Ron nailed it and recognized the root cause.