Read The Douchebag Bible Online
Authors: TJ Kirk
complex, wall street, the banks—neither of these
men are willing to rock the boat. Obama has not
stopped the wars (major combat operations in Iraq
actually ceased in compliance with Bush’s timetable
for withdrawal!), he has not prosecuted one CEO or
Banker in connection with the crash of 2008. He has
not made any real effort to close Gitmo. He stopped
calling our Patriot Act/domestic spying/drone
strike/military occupation bullshit “The War on
Terror”—but he has continued to wage it! Obama, at
the end of the day, is just a more articulate George
W. Bush with a tan.
People who promote voting third party are
often derided as idealists—but in my opinion, the
people who think any real improvement can come
from our two puppet system are the true idealists—
that is to say, the ones truly disconnected from
reality.
I was going to vote for Obama, but was stopped
by the sudden and vivid realization that I was going
to help give power to a scumbag just because he
pandered to my desire to see gays treated as equals.
I decided not to be a part of his re-election. Why
should I reward him just because he is crassly
manipulative enough to take a handful of decent
social positions and policies? His overarching
political philosophy bears little resemblance to my
own—so why would I make myself an instrument of
his power and influence?
Yet it seems that no matter how abominable
the corporate sponsored establishment candidates
are, the general public will still back one of them.
That’s why I shed no tears for this country's plights.
Elsewhere in the world, people lay down their lives
for Political choice. Here in America, we run
screaming from real choice.
I wish that the problem were merely that the
American people are being lied to, but the problem
isn’t that people are being lied to, it’s that the people
don’t give a fuck about what’s true. Everyone knows
that our justice system is comprised of thugs that
brutalize and incarcerate people for non-violent
drug infractions. Everyone knows that our
government conducts illegal wars all around the
world. Everyone knows that moneyed interests have
bought the political process and use the government
as little more than a means of consolidating money
at the top and seeing to it that it stays there.
Everyone knows. But nothing happens. That is
insanity.
“I gotta vote for the lesser of two evils,” they say.
Yes—it’s the same tired point that has held back
social progress for the better part of a century.
Guess what, folks? If you keep voting for evil,
the system cannot possibly change. You cannot vote
for evil every election and then wonder why evil
never leaves power.
I will never again in my life vote for the lesser
of two evils! If I choose to vote at all, I will vote for
candidates that actually reflect my values. I will not
vote for someone who is 95% evil just because he's
running against 100% evil.
7. RIOTS
I said in a video shot during the London riots
that I really like riots. Many people seemed to get a
little upset by that, so maybe a bit of clarification is
in order. My love of riots is based on 4 things.
1.
The beautiful aesthetics of a riot.
I enjoy the
sight of a massive fire in the middle of a city
street—because it’s an uncommon sight
outside of action movies. Just look at the
orange glow it casts on the buildings. Imagine
the heat of it, even to someone standing 10 feet
away. It’s a visually powerful thing—very
repellant, but at the same time inviting.
2.
The disruption of the status quo.
I think day-
to-day life is a terribly boring thing without
some big events thrown in to make life more
fun and fascinating. Now, maybe you guys get
your jollies “condemning” riots and pretending
you don’t enjoy the distraction. That’s fine. I
won’t judge you for that.
3.
I like when the underclass revolts against the
rich—even if their revolt is a logically
inconsistent, unorganized mess.
Let’s face it,
these people aren’t doing this because they’re
happy. There is discontent here (in London)
and they’re expressing it. Are they expressing
it logically? No. Because they’re uneducated,
violent idiots. But damn do they put on a good
show.
4.
I like all the arguments that spring up about
riots.
Mostly it’s a battle between the liberally-
minded, who urge that we look at the root
cause of these riots and address the social
issues that caused them and the conservative
minded who don’t care why these people are
such amoral scum and just want to dispose of
them.
One thing you have to say about riots, regardless of
how you feel about them, is that a society that can
riot is far better off than one that can't.