2016 Postmortem

It is like when occupy wall street first started. I cheered and supported them, all those young energetic people working for change. The counter to the incredibly narrow minded Tea Party. What did they do with that golden opportunity? They could not pick a platform. They disavowed every one who wanted to put one together. They wanted fairness for all without the work. It was such a disappointment. That is the problem with ideology. What I want the world to be and what it takes to make it that way are two different things. The difference between thinking for ego sake and understanding for practical sake.

Lots of young people think the idea of Libertarianism is appealing, but I doubt sincerely that they understand what it truly stands for. The way the economics is structured and the incredible disaster it would bring. There is a reason it has never successfully worked. I have talked to many young people who are still just fine with Obama. It is easy when you are young and invincible and think you know it all. For a living, I had to talk companies down all time from their hubris at disliking their current systems and wanting to throw the bums out without a plan. I am afraid, regardless of all your ideals, you just don't get what it takes to move from something you don't like to something you do. Plain and simple, it is a lot of work, a lot of strategic planning, the ability to overcome all the inevitable obstacles, and not just whine when it doesn't go the way you like.

So, now you got me real curious... who would you put in that could A) realistically win B) would live up to your lofty expectations with the caveat of actually getting it all done to your approval level?