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this is how i feel about the economy--domestic and global--sometimes:

dollars and cents
bulls and bears
pounds and pence--
i don't care!

there's a tendency, i feel, when one is discussing politics or thinking seriously about one's political views in relation to others to focus solely on matters of money and overlook more important issues. not that money isn't important, it's just so hard to get a grasp on how exactly the economy works when the average person lacks the language to fully understand the encrypted babble of financial and economic experts. it's a bit of a deterrent.

perhaps this is intentional--a way to keep those at the lower end of the financial totem-pole effectively quiet--uninformed and unable to decipher their own predicament. this seems like the sort of thing bullshit conspiracy theorists believe. what i think happened is that we've grown so fast in so many different directions that it would take a lifetime to fully master--let alone understand--any one concept.

either way, i feel like life is too short to devote so much of my allotted time on earth to trying to figure it out. this is why i consider myself far more left-leaning in my politics. i don't care what any republican or conservative tries to tell you: they're all the same. their only concern, really, is money. democrats and liberals on the other hand like to think about social issues--which is why they are often branded "socialists." it seems sort of childish and stupid but, then again, most of what constitutes "politics" in this country is--it's been reduced to wwf heels and heroes type entertainment by those who need to understand it superficially--for those who still cling to or never really got over the classic good-guy/bad-guy black and white archetypes of their childhoods.

democrats and liberals aim to create a world where no one has to suffer.
republicans and conservatives consider this touchy-feely bullshit and instead choose to focus on what they stand to gain personally--the issues that affect them directly vs. anyone else.

dems and libs are sympathetic and caring.
reps and cons are self-involved and greedy.

it's not that those of us inhabiting the left are socialists or commies--terms which, in and of themselves, do not necessarily translate to evil. we just want everyone to have a fair chance. we're not out to enslave everyone or appoint dictators to tell us what to do--these are uninformed ideas about communism and socialism that reflect less the ideologies themselves than they do what people have historically done to corrupt these ideologies--to take them and run with them to promote their own self-important agenda.

i don't know where i'm going with this. just wanted to get some ideas down before i go to bed.