“We”, meaning society, America, got into this mess little by little, bit by bit- accepting (or nor properly responding to) the erosion of our freedom, the behavior of our leaders & media, our neighbors, co-workers, & children, etc. Like the proverbial slowly boiling frog.
Maybe you’re young so you don’t have any idea what the world used to be like, but it was vastly different than it is now. (It’s not “better”, smarter, more “advanced”/ sophisticated/ civilized. It’s a cesspool.)
0bama got elected just the way this mayor did: he implied & was vague intentionally so that people would project what they wanted to believe into what he “meant”. Stuff that couldn’t be further from the truth.
0bama added outright, bald-faced lies to this tactic & I’m not saying this guy did that. But would you be surprised if he wasn’t completely honest about something that mattered *to you*?
I don’t know this guy from Adam. It’s the tactic I find repulsive.
This is why “people” are thought to be “stupid” & “sheep”. They lead themselves into being mislead & when they realize the person they elected wasn’t who they thought they were getting, the “winner” shrugs & says to himself “I’m a politician. It’s what politicians do.”
I am not young and I do remember the good old days and long for them. I agree with you on what happened to our society, but I’m afraid that those of us that believe in principles and integrity are way outnumbered.
One of the factors contributing to our victory in the revolutionary war was that we didn’t follow the gentlemen’s rules of war that the British did.