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America has chosen its new president and it was not the outcome expected. When it comes down to asking why so many Americans voted for a convicted felon as their leader, history will be the judge of that. While America’s enemies all rejoiced in Trump’s win, all of its Allies had that “Don’t Look Up” moment, fully aware of what is coming down the pipe but in public have to remain in denial. When it comes to election analysis one common theme in the media citing that the democrats have become too elitist in the way they kept highlighting Trump’s criminal behavior. Some of that may be true but you cannot be labelled an elitist if you are telling the truth. Like in Britain with Brexit, misinformation or flat-out lies are a working successful formula in politics now. The days of taking your daily news from Walter Cronkite are over, now that message is buried in amongst a thousand others for you to seek out or ignore. So, when Americans were warned the stove was far too hot, many of them only saw the reverse of that message or just decided to touch it anyway. Voting for 100% opposite to what they think they are voting for, which means that the rest of the world has to suffer alongside them by that misguided choice. The Economy, Stock market, Democracy, Social services, the Environment along with Humanity are all going to take a massive hit.  In a rational world, a party that declares it would take action on climate change would be considered a key issue to vote on especially in places like Florida who will see their real estate values drop by 30% in the coming years and good luck getting building insurance while Trumper’s still deny global warming even exists. However in the irrational world, it’s all the other stuff that they need to be concerned about. Triggered by propaganda with things like “woke” or economic hardships without ever seeking the facts on what caused their grievances in the first place. Especially whether a circumstance at any particular time is global or just local. People actually decide their vote based on that stuff and by doing so doesn’t mean they were wrong on that particular issue, it just means far more important issues were totally ignored and they just made a choice to self destruct inflamed by pointless diversions. World history has shown that no modern empire has lasted more than 250 yrs before it totally collapses and right now America is at the 248-year mark. We will see how Trump and all that perfectly sane, rational “brain” power he will add to his coming administration will guide them through that milestone and come out of it looking great. In closing this post a quote from another famous American in history “It’s Easier to Fool People Than It Is to Convince Them That They Have Been Fooled.” – Mark Twain

While there is massive global interest in the outcome of the American election. In reality the rest of the world doesn’t get a vote and it will come down to a few small swing states that decide it. A flawed system that has been in place since post-civil war which discounts the popular vote and allows smaller populated states to carry more weight in determining outcomes with both federal and presidential elections. What is also unfortunate that all of America’s adversaries recognise this as America’s Achillies heal and a golden opportunity when targeting social media feeds with propaganda in order to create social disharmony in a country they wish to see fail.  After all they have the Fox news organisation as their benchmark, which has also been doing the same thing for decades turning lies into monetary value. In other words, conservatism has done very little in terms of positive outcomes for the people who vote for them, with one small exception the top ten percent income earners. They have helped the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer but that is where it stops.

Part 1 here:  Part 3 here: Part 4 here:  Part 5 here: So, let’s just look at how Conservatism has improved America in the past fifty years. As a quick starting point it should be noted that since 1933 Democratic administrations have delivered roughly double the economic growth compared to Republican administrations over that time period. Currently the Biden administration has the strongest economic growth of any country in terms of employment and economic performance. But you would never hear that on Fox news, they would rather eat dirt. They won’t tell you the rest of the world is doing it much harder than they are.  Except they will complain about inflation and the price of gas but decline to mention all of it’s trade  competitors pays double for the price of gas than what the US consumer pays. It was the same when Obama was in office, Fox kept pumping out how bad he was while the rest of the world thought differently. This is the disconnect from reality the MAGA movement has, believing the USA can remain an island totally removed from global market forces and conflicts with no impact on them. The reason universal health care has never been adopted in the US to match all of it’s competitors is only due to conservatism.  The reason USA pays more than anyone else for prescription medications is because of conservatism    always backing big pharma over the people who vote for them. That is until the Biden adminstration started to change all of that.  Its also conservatism that screams “socialism” any time low-income citizens are proposed to receive a government benefit yet fail to see the hypocrisy when gov bails out big business or grants tax cuts to the rich. The reason the USA has more people living in poverty than any of their western competitors is because of conservatism. The reason there is not equal justice for all in the USA like in all other democratic countries is due to conservatism.  The reason elections are not decided by the popular vote and minority voters are suppressed is because of conservatism.

Part Two  here:   Part 3 here :  Part 4 here:  Part 5 here: Part 6 here : The reason more people died in the USA in terms of ratio to population than anywhere else in the world during covid is because of conservatism. The reason USA has more gun deaths & mass shootings than any country on earth is because of conservatism. The reason you have to tip service workers due to the min pay rates being way below the poverty line is because of conservatism. The reason for extreme weather events that America & the world suffers from now with 50 yrs of inaction on climate change is due to conservatism. This is just the short list of examples on how conservative ideology represents a clear and present danger not only to America but to the survival of mankind as well. An ideology so out of sync with modern world problems trying to always resurrect 1950s (the white mad men era)  while everyone else has moved on. Smart political movements learn from history along with acquired knowledge that comes from science and human endeavour in order to survive and prosper while still promoting social harmony as a goal. When you create massive wealth gaps in your population that is never going to promote social harmony, it’s a recipe for disorder and division. Hopefully the new momentum with Harris will continue and bring about sweeping changes that is needed. Conservatism in the US really needs a good hard look in the mirror in terms of moral and ethical behaviour. A party totally bankrupt in practical policies that are evidence based, a one trick pony only offering insults, anger, lies and fear as a platform. Team that up with those so-called Christians who put aside their moral beliefs in order to walk the same path. After all they have put their faith in the craziest, corrupt, most stupid man in America whose record would not allow him to qualify for a cleaning job in a shopping mall yet decide on him as their pick for president. Keeping in mind though, Trump represents the current Republican party values in every way, a party built on lies, corruption & conspiracies, running on empty.

Footnote: Since the Democratic convention & the debate it has become clear that this election is about intellect vs ignorance & lies or the People vs Republicans. In the MAGA world where they choose to live in the “The Trueman show” universe as opposed to the real world is kind of sad but also very dangerous, because it’s a world that only exists due to deception and has done so for the past 50 yrs. If you have to distract your base with absurdities like illegals eating your pets then you know the social media algorithm for idiots is working way beyond expectations. Especially for some of the tech gurus who have fallen under the same spell of misinformation that can sometimes come from their own creation.   Part 2 here:

The recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia attempting to rebuild an Empire or making Russia great again just highlights the dangers of any country electing or putting faith in would be autocrats. As they all come to power citing some beef with minorities as the fix it for all problems. Along with inciting hate rather than promoting well thought out political solutions. Putin’s war on Ukraine or as he likes to call it “Special Operations” is supposed to be getting rid of the Nazi’s yet he is killing women and children. This is how propaganda works, Hitler also used the same method only with today’s technology they can control the messaging for an entire country. So the general population of Russia will be totally oblivious to the reality of what their leader is doing and herein lies the power of the media in the hands of an autocrat. You only have to look at the many people talking to their relatives in Russia who try to explain they are being bombed out of existence and they just don’t believe them. Even a father doesn’t believe his own daughter. Trump people are no different, they choose to remain in this BS bubble that puts everyone else at risk by wanting to take the USA down the same political path as Russia.  All countries have a certain percentage of their population gullible to these types of political figures including Australia. However America seems to have a higher percentage than most due to it’s past history aligned in faith and those same sections of the population intolerant of minorities & opposing views. Trump came to power singing this song, wrapping himself in the flag with one hand on an upside down Bible. Not with a unifying message, but one that incites division.  This was exactly how Putin tried to boost Trump with his powerful propaganda effort only it worked beyond his wildest dreams. As Trump become full on doing Putin’s bidding trying his best to divide a global western alliance for the sake of me first. This is the perfect recipe for a country to fail and their real enemies to prosper. Unfortunately the cult like followers of this individual never take stock when faced with the realities of their choice. A criminal grifter, corrupt to the core yet when exposed they keep giving him a pass. Even characterising Trump as a Rambo like figure despite him dodging the draft. Compare that to the leader of Ukraine at the moment despite his perilous position, no bone spurs for him. Another trend with this cult was to promote more and more crazies rather than sensible rational thinking people as their elected representative. Not only is this delusional it puts their own country and the entire free world at risk.  It was just fortunate that enough Americans woke up the second time round instead believing the untrue or being wilfully blind. Because this is what reality looks like outside that comfort bubble of only listening to what you want to hear and see. Right now there is no choice of remaining in that bubble, unless of course you tune into Russian TV. The Truth may be confronting and ugly but it shows the danger of blind faith that discards facts and common sense that is dismissed as fake news. This war being raged in Ukraine is not only a battle for democracy, it’s a war on truth. The same battle that has been going on in America for the past decade. A war on truth designed to kill a democracy just like in Ukraine that large elements of the American  conservative movement are playing a part in.