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whitereflection...and suddenly the mood swing I've been holding off really takes over. XP Didn't help that Anj read a chapter from Michael Moore's Stupid White Men at lunch today--specifically the chapter on the 2000 elections. I'd had no illusions about what happened during that, but the extent of what was done to rig things truly, truly disappointed, disenheartened, and disillusioned me.
I've been cynical politically since even high school, but now I have absolutely no faith in the system, and no faith in those supposed to monitor the system. I think sometime I shall type the entirety of the chapter she read (on Bush, guess I should have said that) in here...if only just to say "This is why I've never believed in the process, and why I have always felt and will always feel that voting really doesn't matter." Seriously. In the end, people like me, lower-middle-class...we truly have no power. We only like to fool ourselves that we do. Only those with money and with the ability to play political games are in control.
Bleh. Yeah, the rant for the day. Just ignore it really, I'm just grumpy. I hate hate hate hate politics and government stuff. I wish I had something fun to do today.
(...and it literally just occurred to me that in this past year, I've realized that love doesn't always last forever, I've lost my faith spiritually, and now lost what little faith I had politically. Hm, add in losing my direction career-wise, and difficulties finding my creative spark... Yeah, I know--bitch bitch bitch. Rrgh. Okay, I'm shutting up for good now until I'm back in a decent mood.)
I've been cynical politically since even high school, but now I have absolutely no faith in the system, and no faith in those supposed to monitor the system. I think sometime I shall type the entirety of the chapter she read (on Bush, guess I should have said that) in here...if only just to say "This is why I've never believed in the process, and why I have always felt and will always feel that voting really doesn't matter." Seriously. In the end, people like me, lower-middle-class...we truly have no power. We only like to fool ourselves that we do. Only those with money and with the ability to play political games are in control.
Bleh. Yeah, the rant for the day. Just ignore it really, I'm just grumpy. I hate hate hate hate politics and government stuff. I wish I had something fun to do today.
(...and it literally just occurred to me that in this past year, I've realized that love doesn't always last forever, I've lost my faith spiritually, and now lost what little faith I had politically. Hm, add in losing my direction career-wise, and difficulties finding my creative spark... Yeah, I know--bitch bitch bitch. Rrgh. Okay, I'm shutting up for good now until I'm back in a decent mood.)
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Date: 2002-06-06 01:23 pm (UTC)Daijoubu.
I was... in Australia at the time of the 2000 Election fiasco. To tell the truth, just about everyone over there thought it was a riot- the US, 1st-Tier country, world super power, world hegemon, struggling with our own elections. I really got tired of answering the Aussies' well-meaning questions.
In regards to the last string of comments... please know you're not alone. I've also lost my faith in love, religion, career, politics... the only thing that keeps me sane are having my art, my dreams, and having guys like you in my life. *hugs* It'll be okay. We've got to keep believing that, even if it takes time to realize that okayness.
.sj.
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Date: 2002-06-07 06:47 am (UTC)*extrasnugglehugs for you and Kuma-chan* :)