A Dividing Line

A dividing line What you are about to read is not a political post, it is however an analysis of sorts in terms of psychology. So we just happened to make it through four years of a very turbulent political climate. Racism, Xenophobia and nationalism were the key words that framed our national’s political climate. However the strange situation is that no matter how many horrible things that the president did there were still those who would follow his every word to such a degree that they would end up drinking bleach. However, as mentioned above, this is not a political post, instead it’s an analysis or a critique if you will. How did we get into such a situation where an individual who said things so shocking become so beloved? Now I’m sure there are numerous articles about the psychology of this situation everywhere but it does not reduce climate that we were living in what so ever. It was like a strange episode of the Twilight Zone, a so called millionaire reality TV show host wants to become president so he can make the nation right, instead he creates his own reality and his own facts which thousands of individuals defend. These individuals do not live the United States that everyone else lives in, they live in a sub country within the United States. These individuals still think that the previous president is still their president while they wave their flags along side their confederate flags. There is something strange and surreal about the fact that these individuals truly think that he could make the country into something greater. Meanwhile, this president cut ties with the WHO, denied the current pandemic, and he was against everything and anything that would benefit the conservation of the planet. There is something really sad and strange about the fact that there are individuals who will still praise this former president despite his two impeachments and his disgusting “locker room talk.” I’m not here to point a finger; I’m here to ask how did we get to that place? How did we have an individual with failing businesses end up running our country? It really makes a person wonder what brings us to such a position. Sure the current president has had his little babbles here or there but he’s really just your run of the mill politician. It’s a surreal situation, indeed. I wonder what they will say about him in history books and I wonder what he’s doing now and what he’s thinking about. Is this what we get for having a celebrity run as a president? We did have Ronald Regan, was he no better? Was this just something else entirely? It’s like those who believe that the earth is flat; there is no convincing them that it is not. Some people do not think that we ever landed on the moon. I read somewhere that there is a thing called information bias, where if someone believes something strong enough then there is no convincing him or her otherwise. I’m not sure if I got that definition correct but I just think the whole thing is kind of strange in general. I liked the guy for a split second but it went from a fun novelty to a terrible nightmare before my very eyes. I just cannot get over how could something like that end up occurring in the first place. It is like watching a terrible movie or TV show knowing that it took a lot of people and energy and finances to make that movie a reality. I don’t know maybe they all know something that I don’t know, or maybe it’s the other way around.