I think it’ll end up being exactly what caused me to vote for him in the first place.

I filled in that dot next to his name for the fact that he’s an very intelligent grounded leader with good morals and a strong philosophical sense – a passionate open thinker.

The problem for what I think is a disproportionate amount of Americans is that they’re lacking in these very qualities themselves.

They’re probably the same people that would like to think they’re some how resembling a person with good morals themselves, the type that probably feels like someone who speaks with intelligence is talking down to their them. When you get right down to it, the people who just can’t get over the fact that they voted against a President because he was black and they lost.

So in the end, because the battle in America ultimately boils down to a dichotomy in ways of thinking. The roots of distrust, fear, and irrational thinking are ingrained in so many Americans.

It allows stupid bullshit to delegitimize his position and cause even logical thinkers to throw rationality to the wind and prevent anything getting done. Of course if you point out the irony in this persons fear the shut down even further.

So really, I figure that could be what causes History to not reflect his Presidency as being a completely effective.

At this point I should probably clear up the fact I have a sense that, in the grand scheme of things, Humanity is inherently flawed and destined to destroy itself. Humans by nature can’t possibly have enough time at any given moment of their short life to actually process every piece of information. It just can’t be done. So instead we make quick and often rash decisions without thinking about the future consequences. We’re probably just not evolved enough to get past this. I mean crap, we’re only about 425~ years away from Galileo and Copernicus and the rest of their Science vs. Religion drama. Look how well that logic argument has gone.

By the time we’re old enough to actually be able to be wise and give the time and thought to these things, our original values are too instilled in us to change. We’re probably just not evolving fast enough for a cataclysmic event not to happen. Whether that be from a natural evolutionary event caused by irresponsible population growth — or from a man made event caused during the process. World War, Global Warming, Global Disease, take your pick.

I guess I shouldn’t be a glass half empty type of guy and have some faith here. Maybe it’s because in my gut I really know that faith without fact isn’t always going to be best? Or maybe I’m simply not evolved and intelligent enough to always be right every time I go with my gut instinct. Bummer.

No matter how Humanity goes, I get the feeling that there’s bound to be some major event that will determine either which way everything turns out. Maybe we’ll discover we’re not alone in the Universe and take a giant leap forward. Hell, maybe the first Mayans were already visited and all the 2012 crap is true, here come the end days.

To me it would really just suck to not be around to witness this event. I personally believe so what, if I’m dead then so what, it’s not like I will have the ability to care anymore. So everyone else being dead too won’t really bother me. However, it would sure be a shame to not have lived to the fullest should all life continue and I not had a positive impact on those around me.

Tags: Ideas, Philosophical Thinking, politics, Thoughts