Patriotism of the Heart - an apolitical take on American politics

Patriotism of the Heart -
this simple, apolitical take on American politics
looks to the Mayflower for clues
about a national reboot for unified healing,
independent of dirty party politics

Remember the grade school Mayflower story?

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

pilgrims who were looking for a new life
and businessmen looking for more money

(remember the adage about what money is root of ... )

Although the process itself went through many metamorphoses,

these two groups are the seeds of what translated
into the 2 party system -

and it helps to look at things this way:

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

and that the businessmen likely became the GOP?

the grand ol’ party, otherwise known as, the republicans

make no mistake:
truth today has been smeared beyond recognition

by the media, technology, pathetic public education,

and a blatant manipulation by those in power

(thank you, Mr. Nixon, father of the modern GOP, for the latter)

Now before you get all rankled, this isn't about placing blame,
looking for truth in our political choices is a myth
(read that line again) -
looking at the science, studies have demonstrated
that first, a person believes what he/she chooses to believe,
regardless of politics or propaganda -
and second, that psychologically
a person's politics are typically influenced,
not by education or by political savvy,
but by emotion long manipulated by mere parental opinion,
either for or against that political view,
depending on the child's relationship with said parent,

this means that a person's politics are based
much more on emotional bias
and way less on political inspiration or insight ...

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, it all boils down to
the republicans wanting to keep the money in the bank,
and the democrats typically wanting to invest in the people ...
it's that simple

Now, with that in mind, go back to the beginning of this nation,
to a simpler time of dreams and revolutions,
before the Capital was stormed,
before watergate was 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,

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 nation's most direct way
to save the soul of the nation.

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