Le sigh. Ze works, they were done today. Third day in a row of no writing…not happy about that, but it is what it is. That all changes tomorrow, I swerr ter gerd. Writing hour up top in the day, then a looooong day of video work, then sleeps, and another editing day after that.
Then, a small sigh of relief and a day off from the editing and on for the writing, and then I have some catch-up work to do on the Flix and for the Remilon. Coco just sighed next to me, which means she feels my pain. The struggle is real. The. Struggle. Is. Real.
Tonight’s bit of “worldly” talk has to do with elections, specifically in this country. They’re a goddamn circus…and it’s not good. For sure, it’s always crazier when it’s a presidential election…but even the off-years are far, far to cray. Like, I learned not too long ago that in countries like England and Australia and, like, almost every other democratic country in the world have major restrictions on campaigning, both time-wise and monetarily.
To put it in perspective, the, what, 12 presidential candidates for this cycle started campaigning around May/June of last year. 2015. For a November 2016 election. There will have been BILLIONS of dollars spent by the time the American people go to the polls. In those “other” countries I’m talking about…they get a month. Maybe even TWO WEEKS to campaign…perhaps spend a couple million. WHAT. THE. FUCK. If you need any evidence to see why things happen the way they do in this country, just consider the fact that if you’re a candidate, everyone running against you is starting that early, and spending that money…if you DON’T…you’re buried under an avalanche. So, that means playing by the rules of the system, which mean non-stop campaigning and so much fucking money, you don’t own the tiniest shred of your own elected power.
Who *does* own that power? The people who paid to get you elected. See, that’s why these other countries have such strict rules regarding elections and campaigning. The actual job of being an elected official and solving problems and making laws stays on the main stage instead of being a sideshow to the circus of getting elected. And some might say, well, that’s just how we do things in this country, we love a big spectacle. And that may be true, but the big spectacle COULD still just be what’s actually happening on capital hill. Like, that really is more than enough. We, the people of this country, do not need this bat-shit-crazy election season every two years, or four years, or whatever. We don’t. The only people that do are those with money to spend to buy candidates who will make sure they keep making their money…no matter what the cost that my be to us or our future.
The system is fucked. And these election campaigns are a major, MAJOR fucking part of that.
/endofline