Non Political, Political Servey

[Rickb]

Yep, a big part of one's experience is how do you think of it. And what do you pay attention to. And in that, you see what you want to see, or expect to see.

Many mind sets are such that they have to find all the bad before they can fix it. So they are on constant hyper vigelence looking for 'the evil' to attack it. While that goes on, they seem to make every move toward having everything broken.

An opposite is one that everything is fine and rosy. And of course they are constantly finding joy, but may be blind to things that need attention. While that goes on, they are making choices in small and big ways that do improve thier lives. But are they negelecting the gorilla on the roof?

But hopefully both groups do not have an undercurrent of denile.

Every person has some mix of the above. And all people need to regulate themselves as thier first priority. A sad percentage seem to miss that boat.

An interesting experiment is putting a person in a room with small color dots of all colors but that are offset towards grey. Then the process is,
taking a person and telling them there is only yellow and red in a room. Then send them in for 30 seconds. Then when they look and come back out and ask if they saw any blue. They often say they found little to none of it.

Take a second person and say the room has blue in it all over the place, go in and come back out and yep they saw it every where.

I like to preset myself that I'm very happy with what I got, but that there is opportunity in all corners of life.

I do have to remind myself constantly that all presentations from all medias, especially the news, are only small extracts from experiences and not the whole. They are infact what that source wanted to show you, and they have thier own reasons, maybe not in alinement to your benefit.

Ever notice how there seems to be very few examples of a selected car model, then if you buy one they seem to be everywhere?

Speaking of mindsets……..the term “mindless” comes into play, perhaps escalated in todays society as a result of social media. : having or showing no ability to think, feel, or respond. : showing no use of intelligence or thought: having no purpose. : requiring very little attention or thought.

 

[Sonoran Sam]

perhaps escalated in todays society as a result of social media.

100% Agree!!

 

[RSchneider]

100% Agree!!

While I agree, the internet allowed this to happen as there was social media long before the likes of FB or Twitter or any of the other things that has been around for the last 15 years. Even back in BBS days, it started with it. Then it was newsgroups. After that things like AOL and Yahoo tried their version. Probably around when people got things like Netscape, they discovered there were forums. It was even the case back when Sears launched Prodigy back in the 80's.

I predicted that when it got to the point you didn't have to be technically savvy, that the information superhighway was going to be derailed and we'd all end up in a ditch. We've been in this ditch for a while and the tow truck is nowhere to be found.

 

[DikiJ]

One of my joys is riling up a few of my friends who are on the opposite corners of my spectrum. They constantly talk about the things that their little group of same thinkers like to talk about. I love to stir them up with contradicting "proofs" that I can find some where on the internet. Mostly its stuff that I don't even believe but it seems to irritate them to no end. It's probably not very nice but, hey, I'm a crochety old guy so it kinda makes me happy. They seem to keep coming back for more since they think I'm serious.

I sometimes watch Quora even though they are pretty much dedicated to attacking Russia (which I agree with) but they have a lot of other interesting questions that come up that are related to personal life.

 

[Rickb]

So what I was hoping for was some evidence that society is developing a vacination to political Cult Propaganda that now theatens western civil society. This version of it leaverages the internet as social media. So far, I'm not seeing any evidence of effective vaxination here. But of course that is not what this website is dedicated to. And I will of course continue to look for that evidence elsewhere.

From the perspective of life as a classroom, where we learn from our mistakes motivated by the resulting pain, it will happen at some point. Infact that has happened through out history. When will we see it in these times?

The whole purpose of a consitution is to immunize a society to the political abuses of the past. Just imagine returning to a pre democracy world. In that world, a full war mobilization happened everytime an authoritarian had any asperation to do so. Many times 5 years of peace followed with 10 years of war, in ongoing cycles. In a nuclear world and one very vindictive leader, the end of life is not just possible, but statistically inevitable. Sobering thoughts indeed.

It is political. The evidence you’re looking for will be the results of the 2024 Presidential Election. Democracy is on the ballot. We are currently a Democracy on the edge, so it’s in the hands of the voters.

 

[ehwatt]

It is political. The evidence you’re looking for will be the results of the 2024 Presidential Election. Democracy is on the ballot. We are currently a Democracy on the edge, so it’s in the hands of the voters.

You misspelled Constitutional Republic.

 

[Sonoran Sam]

I'd like to ask a question...

Has any President directly affected your life in a material way?? I'm not talking about a minor tax increase, I'm talking about a major event or choice in your life that directly affected you.

Personally, I can say "no" up until President Obama cancelled my health insurance. I was working part time and buying my own health insurance. I was one of the 7-8 million+ people whose policies were cancelled. The cheapest replacement policy (under the Affordable Care Act) was quadruple what I was paying and I couldn't afford health insurance. I was also making a bit too much money to qualify for an ACA policy. Luckily, I only had a minor illness during my uninsured period. And yes, I did pay a tax penalty because I could not afford any policy.

As a side note, when I called my health insurance company in a desperate attempt to find something/anything I was told I need to get a second job so I could afford the new rates (again this was an increase of 390%).

 

[Mel]

I know that I'm going to be chastised for this but I REALLY, REALLY wish this forum would return to 3-wheeled vehicles instead of politics.

I know, I know, I don't have to read these, but that's all that's here any more.

 

[Rickb]

I know that I'm going to be chastised for this but I REALLY, REALLY wish this forum would return to 3-wheeled vehicles instead of politics.

I know, I know, I don't have to read these, but that's all that's here any more.

Is that all there is? This is one thread of many on my favorite three wheeler forum. Politics impacts our daily lives and never used to be so divisive. The Federal and State politics that we need to support alternative vehicles with high MPG or MPGe options will likely play a role in getting a fully enclosed 3 wheeler to market with funding options, manufacturer low interest loans, and a State supported universal autocycle definition that provides convenient registration and motorcycle licensing needed for production scale success.