Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "Donald Trump's success reveals a frightening weakness in American democracy" video.

  1. It has been long coming, and the message here has been spread and talked about for a long time now... since 9/11. It's the politics of fear. And it triumphed once again. The terrorists won back then, and there's just a whole lot of people that still seems not to realize it. Catching Osama Bin Laden meant nothing once his message was received and spread out. And instead of fighting it, we just fell into the trap and been there since then. Not only the US, but a big part of the world has been infected with the sense of fear, anxiety and urgency towards rushed politics that will supposedly make problems go away, not realizing that decisions are being made exactly how terrorists wanted it. People, governments and press all fell for it. It seems to appeal to the vast majority of people because it feeds primal urges and fascination. It speaks to a primitive and core part of us, something we need to actively and consciously fend off. People have to estabilish a timeline of political and administrative decisions that were lead by fear and anxiety towards a fictional doomsday scenario, instead of decisions rationalized to make a better, more accepting and tolerant world. The irony is that the road taken with fear in mind only ends up with the realization of it. It's a self feeding machine that can only explode in a final catastrophe. There's no escape or good ending. We're one minute closer to midnight in the doomsday clock now. And even people who absolutely hates Trump's guts seems to keep making the wrong decisions even now that he was elected in an undeniable demonstration that the politics of fear are still there, still winning, and still deciding our future. We need less hatred, more acceptance, less people throwing accusations at each other, and more people accepting their own share of responsibility and failures to work for a better future. There is no other route. Doesn't matter your personal ideology, beliefs and whatnot. Doesn't matter if you voted for Trump or not. Without dialogue and understanding, there is no civilization and no society. This is the essencial part of democracy. We win some, loose some, but always keep fighting towards a better future, even when things looks gloomy. Trump or Hillary, people would and will have to keep monitoring their politicians and the decisions taken by them, and this is not only about POTUS, but all levels of administration. Lots of people might disagree with me, it's ok, it's your fundamental right, but to me it seems that we couldn't escape the politics of fear so far because it became deeply rooted into governments and society. Our failings to fight back against this particular type of politics surface not only with acts of violence from certain groups, or prejudice, extreme nationalism and religious extremism, but also from the apathy and lack of action of those who are against it. And like I already said, apathy, lethargy, closing yourself down, refusing to talk, refusing to share, refusing to discuss in a civilized manner, judging yourself superior to others that don't share your beliefs, isolationism, hatred, keeping it to yourself, and being completely inactive in the face of politics of fear just feeds into the system, because it's the path with least resistance. It has always been like a shortcut, something that seems to have results in the short term, but with the most risks of ending up in disaster. This goes from very minor to huge scale. From threatening someone close to you so that he/she does your bidding, to a level of politics that involves the entire world. Start looking around and consciously analysing decisions taken that you somehow feel are unfair in a general sense. You will start noticing how fear seems to always be somewhat related to it.
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