Only a fool would believe that a government will solve their problems, or that they need a government to solve their problems (grassroots activism ftw). I have yet to see a famous politician that kept their word or do something good that didn't serve themselves in the process. And any who do (Gary Johnson, Jesse Ventura, etc.) never become very famous/very well known as they don't play their games, and you can only beat them by playing their games, effectively becoming the exact thing they swore to destroy/change. Take for example Ross Perot's election run in 1992, and 1996 as independent. Bill Clinton, and George H.W. Bush (then Bob Dole for 1996) agreed to make sure Perot had as little camera time as possible, effectively attempting to contain/choke his message of governmental/political reform. To that end, I seriously don't believe he will keep his promise(s)

Not a single day will I believe a politician unless they reform government by doing at least one of these things (the political landscape is so hellish that my standards are now so low to even just one standard):

Advocating 3rd parties into the presidency

taxing people more justly

putting the people first, instead of themselves/their parties first

putting term limits on Supreme Court Justices

abdicating (not seeking reelection would be a feasible way to do so) should they no longer be able to provide anything of positive to society anymore

and most importantly, providing legal immunity to whistleblowers of the government (Julian Assange is still rotting needlessly in jail, Snowden's still in hiding, at least Chelsea Manning's finally free [she was arrested again for refusing to testify in a trial, knowing that they were going to use it in a character assassination against Assange whom she handed over classified documents detailing illegal actions to for him to publish on WikiLeaks, and why he's in jail now] for now, realistically speaking, knowing what our government has done and is doing, I'm not hopeful...)

But I don't believe that any of these will happen, because it will undermine the power of very powerful people in our government

Our current political field is a bloody turf war between the Democrips and the Rebloodlicans. But always remember that politicians are here to serve us, not for us to worship. If we hold them accountable against the wall, we can truly truly TRULY make society a better place, for all of us

"The activist isn't the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river" - Ross Perot

- Xi Yao

I truly, sincerely, and vehemently disagree. Anarchism, a stateless society, and grassroots activism alone, cannot protect marginalized people from discrimination, bigotry, or violence. you NEED a strong central government in order to protect the rights of the individual. you need a government that can strike the balance between direct democracy and representative democracy to prevent both the tyranny of the majority, and minority rule. you need a large government, with too many political figures and officers for any one person to control, so as to prevent a dictatorship.

also, ross perot was a lunatic and a conspiracy theorist. he was dangerous and didn't deserve to win anyway. the election wasn't stolen from him, he was legitimately unelectable.

also also, the libertarian party AND the green party are dangerous extremists, and are puppets of Putin and Russia. yes, we need third party candidates to be more electable. to make that possible we need to reform our elections, and institute Ranked Choice Voting. but we don't need radical plants like Gary Johnson, or Jill Stein.

whistleblowers already have immunity.

and finally, making comments like "democrips and rebloodlicans" is racist as hell. Crips and Bloods are not the villains people treat them as. they are in that dangerous, violent, exploitative industry (gang banging, drug and weapons smuggling, and prostitution) because black people have been, throughout our history, blocked from making money in legitimate, legal jobs. watch your antiblack rhetoric.

I love you, Xi, I really do. but I have to shut this bullshit your spewing down where it stands. I won't tolerate it, and I know you can do better.

I never advocated for anarchism. Problem is is that humans are people who fall for emotions too easily. It's why I advocate for limited government, the uneasy treaty between full government and lack thereof. I don't see anarchism as viable, because both sides of the argument are flawed, and the truth is always somewhere in between, just as this world is in infinite shades of grey.

while I don't agree with all of his beliefs, it was what he was trying to do I was talking about. As unfortunate as it is, he was the best example, even though he was a very insufficient example

yeah, you're right, I'm not too hopeful, so I avoid them when possible. No matter what party I come across, I generally always find something to disagree with. If my beliefs are forcibly matched to a party, I would be matched to the Reform party, but even then, I've found too many things in it to disagree with. Parties ultimately require you to completely agree with them, or else you wil be very "left out" to the side, so to speak

depends, if it doesn't affect the power structure too much, if they have someone they can throw under the bus, then they have immunity, which is not enough

I never knew it was, and it was a mistake on my behalf, to that I now know, and apologise for. Same goes for any organised crime group - I have never seen an organised crime group that formed because they weren't oppressed, and I'm convinced that someone's benefitting from it. That's why I never generalise people who are associated with them. It's plain to me that people who do this either had to resort to it due to immeasurable hardship, or inherited the role from ultimately someone who had to resort from it.

And that is why I love you, because you are willing to challenge my beliefs so. It is dangerous to not have your beliefs challenged, because the world is in infinite shades of grey, and so the truth is always somewhere in between the lines. I can never completely hold myself accountable all by myself, because I do not know everything. I cannot do it with people like you, people who think different like me, because if I don't have everything I need to know (as I don't know everything), I can't form a completely informed opinion, which can be potentially unjust, even dangerous, especially if it will end up affecting others one way or another. For that, I'd rather spend every moment having my beliefs challenged than a millennia unquestionably agreed. As uncomfortable as it is, truth and the criticism of the lack thereof is the only way one can grow as a person

- Xi Yao

I can't pretend what you're saying doesn't scare me. it does. but I am very glad that you are open-minded, and I'm willing to meet you where you are and watch you grow.

I understand. I wouldn't have it any other way, and thanks for that <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

- Xi Yao

Meanwhile, let's do the work it takes to make America a better country for everyone, and earth a better planet for everyone~

It's up to us, if they won't do it, we have to

- Xi Yao

even if they do it, they need our efforts, too. that's how democracy works. it's a 24/7/365 job, participating in democracy.

well said. Sometimes you can't expect something to just happen, you've got to get up and actually do it to make it happen

- Xi Yao

mhm!

ye n.n

- Xi Yao