Patriotism of the Heart - an apolitical approach to voting

Patriotism of the Heart -
this simple, apolitical take on American politics
was first written in 2016 at the dawn of today's madness -
intensely its words are as relevant today as they were then -
thankfully (pun intended), the Mayflower still holds clues
about a national reboot for unified healing,
independent of dirty party politics

So, remember the grade school Mayflower story?

from this American Indian’s point of view of the traditional story,
board, were 2 groups of immigrants --

one group was the pilgrims looking for a new life -
they brought God with them -
at least their version of God which happened to be Christian -
every religion has its own God context,
and no context is better than the other because
as the Sufi say, there is no God, but God "La illaha il'allah"
... well, the pilgrims brought the God concept -
and the businessmen who brought their vision to make money

to keep the wheels of life turning and all that that entails.
at the time even most businessmen ascribed
to some version of God-concept

Although the process itself went through many metamorphoses,

simplistically speaking, these two groups were the seeds

of what ultimately translated into the 2 party system -

the pilgrims in search of a new life became the democrats ...

and the businessmen likely became bankers, the GOP,

the grand ol’ party, a/k/a the republicans -

A time was when journalism was watchdog of the two parties and
legends like Cronkite or Huntley-Brinkley kept them in check,
via actual non-biasedjournalististic reporting
(not to be confused with on-air personalities,
and corporate driven news outlets)
-
instead of counterpoint journalism,
today's problems are given life, even created,

by the media, technology, pathetic public education,

and blatant manipulation by those in power -
so much so that truth today is conveniently smeared beyond recognition

what few realize is that to begin with,

seeking truth in political choices is a myth -
read that line again -
as political science studies on choice show,
this is because the process of choosing is much more direct:
first, regardless of politics or propaganda,
a person believes what he/she chooses to believe -

and second, psychology takes over in that
a person's politics are typically, heavily influenced,
neither by education nor political savvy,
but rather by emotional manipulation/influence
of mere parental opinion,
either for or against a particular political view -
this means, depending on a child's relationship with said parent,

politics are based much more on emotional bias
than on any political inspiration or insight whatsoever ...

with that said, let's revisit what election-time is all about,

what it's always all about: the white elephant in the room,

and man’s longtime ethical conundrum

since time immemorial in one form or another:

it’s about money,
or more accurately, the control thereof …

stripped of political jargon, elections all boil down
to the republicans wanting to keep the money in the bank,
and the democrats wanting to invest in the people ...
it's that simple

Now, go back to the very beginning of this nation,
to a much simpler time of dreams and revolutions,
long before the Capital was stormed,
before watergate was ever breached,
before the Constitution was ever even written -
and ask yourself this:

If, in 1620 you had boarded the Mayflower
alongside the pilgrims and the businessmen,
and you were in the same social class then as you are today,
with whom would you be sitting?

and boom! there it is:
how any one of us should vote in any election …
it is imvho the People's most direct way
to save the soul of the nation.

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