Everything now and for the past year seems to be all oriented to politics. I don't care what issue about politics it is or who is up and who is down, I'm just sick and tired of seeing politics plastered all over the internet as being the only thing that matters.
Again, this isn't about one political viewpoint over another, so if you think it is - sorry, but that is not what this post is.
I even had the audacity of someone take such a benign statement I made last night that was about pets and turn it into something that was political. I'm still scratching my head about how that could be related to the subject of politics in any way, shape or form.
I look at the news feed reader on google that I use and it is all politics. There are no other stories. I can't help but think that we are so puffed up and egotistical in this country that nothing else matters in the world. I'd love to read "the news", but I guess it does not exist.
People will sit there and complain about one group or the other right now, one disaster or another or whatever it is that is being shown around the clock on the media. Yet, they don't know how to turn it off. In fact, I don't think anyone can turn it off. They just keep watching it and complaining and getting mad at those who don't agree with them.
Your favorite news channel doesn't enlighten you...
Years ago we dropped cable and it was one of the best things we did. Now, I don't see all the garbage trash being disguised as news and have no desire to see it. Watching your favorite news channel doesn't enlighten you or make you informed. In fact, all you're getting is the beliefs and opinions of that show disguised as news. It doesn't matter the issue or the cause. 100% of all news sources do it!
On the Newsroom, the premise of the show was that to be informed with facts, not beliefs and opinions was the foundation of a strong country. Yet, everyone today thinks that as they read the "so-called-news" that they have the facts. Some even think if you listen to multiple sources, you're more informed. I sit here completely amused by these things.
I can guarantee you that if people start disconnecting their cable and turning off the news, things will change quickly. Do you honestly think the media will run programming that no one watches? They make their money by advertisement dollars and the more people that sit in front of the TV there is, the more they make. If people don't watch, the advertisers leave. Yet, for some reason people are glued to their news source.
One good thing is if you turn off the news and quit reading all the slanted news stuff out there, you'll fine your life gets less stressful and your quality of life improves. I'm so glad we turned the cable off. Not only did it save us an enormous amount of money, but we got our life back. We learned what being human was.
So instead of turning everything into one singular focus of politics or the latest news story of the day, try to unplug. Try to find a way in life to discover what is truly important, not just what others feed you and get you to believe is important. The entire planet will be much better.
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