08-11-2020, 12:50
^Which must be such a very bitter pill!
By the time all the scandal and flurry has died down (if at all) and the new pres has settled into office, and prior to the next election campaign there will be around a year to get stuck into proper (or improper) governance, it seems to me – and then the time that’s left will mostly be spent undoing and redoing - going nowhere fast. In this instance thank the gods for a four-year term but it just seems a bit pointless at the end of the day. How can anyone be truly effective in the blinking of an eye? Even with a team for continuity, if there is such a thing. Yes - two consecutive terms is better, but still. All this occurred to me after watching the Attenborough movie. It’s taken him an entire dedicated lifetime to know exactly what he’s talking about and to gain perspective too. Why don’t we have leaders like that? I know it’s idealist, and I’m not saying that one party states are the answer either, but surely, someone, somewhere can come up with a form of governance that makes sense and is for the good of humanity rather than based on the transience of political parties and other factors which seem to be a magnetic drawcard for megalomaniacs? How are buffoons across the world getting to sit at the top of the heap?? Where are the wise men/women??? Are there any?? All rhetorical of course - world accord is a pipe dream. I don’t get it - think I might have dodgy political leanings, lol!!
By the time all the scandal and flurry has died down (if at all) and the new pres has settled into office, and prior to the next election campaign there will be around a year to get stuck into proper (or improper) governance, it seems to me – and then the time that’s left will mostly be spent undoing and redoing - going nowhere fast. In this instance thank the gods for a four-year term but it just seems a bit pointless at the end of the day. How can anyone be truly effective in the blinking of an eye? Even with a team for continuity, if there is such a thing. Yes - two consecutive terms is better, but still. All this occurred to me after watching the Attenborough movie. It’s taken him an entire dedicated lifetime to know exactly what he’s talking about and to gain perspective too. Why don’t we have leaders like that? I know it’s idealist, and I’m not saying that one party states are the answer either, but surely, someone, somewhere can come up with a form of governance that makes sense and is for the good of humanity rather than based on the transience of political parties and other factors which seem to be a magnetic drawcard for megalomaniacs? How are buffoons across the world getting to sit at the top of the heap?? Where are the wise men/women??? Are there any?? All rhetorical of course - world accord is a pipe dream. I don’t get it - think I might have dodgy political leanings, lol!!
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