No doubt about it. I was just talking to my sister and she actually wants to believe in this guy, because he's saying the things she's desperate to hear. I just said "most things that appear too good to be true, usually are" because she doesn't understand all the politics at work here, or even care to know that level of detail. She just wants an easy out, like most people.
But I think America was traumatized by the Covid ordeal, and the Election/J6 fiascos in 2020. A lot of people are still shell shocked from it all, and suffered PTSD type symptoms. Expect it to continue. They are trying to rattle the foundations of America as quickly and as hard as they can, to continue this mental tortue, trying to push us to break. To the point we'll look towards politicians as our saviors. At that point, they can completely push us over the edge.
Question everything, in response, is the best advice I can give.
<< But I think America was traumatized by the Covid ordeal, and the Election/J6 fiascos in 2020. A lot of people are still shell shocked from it all, and suffered PTSD type symptoms. >>
I certainly have. Right before I was reading your post, I was telling my friend on the phone how I have very little hope for America’s future...as we once thought it was. I told him the same after the election. That was the nail in the coffin for me. But I’ve been demoralized by the events in our country over the last 6 years. Longer than that actually, but things are getting progressively worse by the day since Trump was elected and they went totally unAmerican on him and us and our country’s tenets...like nothing we have ever experienced. It doesn’t help that I’m recovering from, most likely, COVID again. (Effing little rat that caused all this misery in the world needs to be tried for crimes against humanity.) Probably my fourth or fifth time to have it now as I work in a large warehouse and have to be around a multitude of people when at work. That and the personal struggles of everyday life and surviving, it’s making it quite hard to stay positive and upbeat. Everyday I feel like they are tightening the noose just a little bit more.
So I get your sister wanting to believe in this guy. I get people wanting to believe in RFK Jr. We are desperate for someone decent in politics. Someone that’s genuine and who actually believes what they say and believes in the America as it was founded. I’m just more jaded than your sister. I’ve been disappointed too many times. And I’m worn out.