All of the unrest, disrespect, hypocrisy, and venom that we see in today’s political climate is what is occurring in the world as a whole. Just like in life, every politician isn’t unethical or dishonest, but many people in politics, just like life, have a self-serving agenda, have no interest in compromising, and vilify anyone who doesn’t look at things from their perspective. Every person is biased, and their biases are based on different things. In politics, just like life, those biases and agendas are often monetarily and/or control driven.

We often look at politicians when they take a stand on an issue from an ideological or partisan position, where in most cases, it’s not ideological or partisan driven. Their stances and rhetoric are nothing but talking points fed to them by the people that are lining their pockets with cash, and to keep their pockets being filled, they must continue to push the narratives and talking points of the people that are filling their pockets. The minute the narratives and talking points stop being pushed is the minute the pockets are no longer filled. Those ideas are formulated to appeal to the ideals of a target audience, but there is often an agenda behind the message that isn’t openly discussed with the public. Sometimes our idealism can be used as a hook to get us to do what we wouldn’t do if we had complete transparency of everything that was happening around us.

Politics is an arena of human creation in which we can visibly see that what we do eventually comes back to haunt us. Since we live in a world of duality, everything and its opposite exists, including within ourselves. The more extreme those opposites become, the more chaos and conflict will be bred. It first starts individually and eventually finds collective expression with like-minded people and those who oppose us. As the body always seeks homeostasis, so too does life always seek equilibrium to prevent becoming completely one-sided which would put an end to all growth and dynamism. Rather than cooperate, one ideological side believes it can overpower the other and gain an advantage, only to create an equal but opposite pushback resulting in an endless back-and-forth tug-of-war. The power we attempt to strip away from others will one day be used against us in the same way, until eventually, everyone is left powerless. It’s the same principle as an eye for an eye, although, there will always be some entity willing to take advantage of the power vacuum that the people themselves have willingly created, whether they realized it at the time or not. Opportunists, and even orchestrators of chaos exist in this world.

When we’re talking to someone about any topic, and they render an opinion, that opinion is rarely based on facts or evidence, it’s often based on the person’s biases or personal agenda as well as their experiences and emotions at the time. As social media expanded, people felt they had an outlet to express and convey how they've always felt, but for the first time, they felt they could express their thoughts and opinions without consequences or personal retribution. We often look at the world and politicians as if both entities have gotten worse. In reality, they haven’t gotten worse— they’ve just been more exposed. Many politicians are no more corrupt than they’ve ever been— we’re just now privy to their corruption because of social media. Many people are no more unhinged or combative than they’ve ever been— we’re just more exposed to that than ever before. There are atrocities that have occurred throughout human history that nothing in the current era compares to. We also act as if in earlier times people were more compassionate, understanding, and more forgiving. In reality, that's often not the case. They just didn’t have the ability in the past to distance themselves from others, so they were forced to interact in a way that was often fake and disingenuous. Example: If the internet existed 50 years ago, Hallmark would have been out of business. People didn’t send birthday cards, Christmas cards, anniversary cards and wedding cards because they wanted to. They had no other option, and if they were able to send e-cards 50 years ago, they would have, so instead of looking at society and politics as if they are decaying, start looking at them from the perspective that they were always decayed, we just now have a front row seat to that decaying.