Consider

For just the briefest of moments

That elections are somewhat rigged

Not by bad actors or voting machines

But rather, misperceptions, deceptions

Beliefs, party platforms, and false hope

Name recognition, lopsided advertising

Generational habits, selfishness, greed

Indoctrinations and flat out Ignorance

That whoever they pull the lever for

Will improve their life immediately



It makes one wonder if

Some of these legislators

Or other elected officials

In school had the cojones

To say that their dog had

Eaten their homework and the

Charm to make it believable

To whomever would listen

OK, Don, just bring it in tomorrow

Like your non-existent concept

Invisible ink writing of a health care plan




Since people have a short memory

What will get me elected today ??

That will seemingly solve a problem

Perceived, manufactured, or otherwise

To whichever audience is being addressed

In getting to hear what they want to hear

Why else would both sides attend “rallies”

We are not tailgating for a football game

Democracy is not going to end, at our own peril

It works too well for wealthy puppeteers


“I have this feeling, man, ’cause you know, it’s just a handful of people who run everything, you know … that’s true, it’s provable. It’s not … I’m not a fucking conspiracy nut, it’s provable.

A handful, a very small elite, run and own these corporations, which include the mainstream media.”

– Bill Hicks


Fortunately or unfortunately

People are wired with a bias

According to Malcolm Gladwell

With a TDT Truth Default Theory

To accept what may or not be true

As truthful, because it is easier

Than to question, doubt, investigate




Another thing to consider on the next ballot

Is the amount of people you have to select

To “win” their office or title to (cough) lead you

When most are just following “their” leader



“If you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes”

― Lewis Grizzard



Depending on where you are at, I suspect

There are at least a dozen jobs up for grabs

Plus some local initiatives and levy requests


President
Senator
Representative
Sheriff
Clerk and Recorder
Judges, local and state
District Attorneys
Insurance commissioner
Council persons
Auditors
Dog catcher (just kidding)

And my favorite…..

Coroner

Someone, you get to decide who
Looks at and autopsies dead people
Because you saw their name on a sign

Most are people you do not actually know
But have learned about through redundant ads
TV, mail flyers, radio, print, yard signs

Narcissists selling themself on what they believe
Will get them elected to the office they want
Not so much on what they can do, but trying
To scare the bejezus out of you by announcing
What they “project” their opponent is going to do
Using misleading language on the thinnest
Stretches of alleged truth and outright lies…

If you elect so and so, you are doomed forever
To listen to disco music over and over while

“They” might take away your non-existent freedoms
Coming up with dehumanizing name calling
Framing simple soundbites to nail their narrative
Walls turn into domes, inflation to home “owner” ship
Oh wait, the bank will own the property long enough
To keep the masses churning out and buying widgets

To keep the masses churning out and buying widgets
Keeping the masses churning out and buying widgets
While complaining that prices keep going up? Hmm?


As both sides forecast fear instead of announcing
Detailed plans with specific tested and proven
Expert driven, fact based, quantifiable outcomes
That might actually benefit many, if implemented

Nah, why do that, when emotional triggers are
Much easier to set off, with words that scare people


Here’s one

How are you going to select a judge to judge people
When you have absolutely no idea how you judged
That you thought they would be a good judge
Because you remember how many yard signs
You saw and clever slick TV ads that stuck
Which alone is a case of …….. bad judgment

Or which representative you decide you do not want
Since their opponent “informed” you, how bad they are

Besides family members, think of 12 + people you know
You think you know, fairly well, then consider if they
Were to run for a particular office, would you
Vote for them, would you because you know them
Or you think they could do a decent job, hmmm?
One’s self twisting perception becomes the guide
Creating a solipsistic narrative to make you feel good


“If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.”


― Mark Twain


A combination of technocracy and meritocracy
Would be infinitely better than what we have now
Instead of the dog and pony show we participate in

But that would require everyone not voting at all and
Just doing what you and they enjoy, and are good at
While mentoring those who are inspired to do similar
Be better at it and then mentor the mentors. Ooopsie.


Consider, problem solved.


“Just an observation,
Maybe I need
Different glasses.”

– Angelo Devlin