Internationally, we are finding a rise in the conflicts that are going on between those of us who are expanding our empathetic appreciation of others and those who aren't. Unfortunately, one of the driving characteristics of sociopaths is an obsession to gain and maintain power over others. The result is that many of the conflicts regarding critical states of control are dominated by sociopaths, with their lack of restrain when it comes to utilizing violence to achieve power over others.
While Europe and Japan have experienced, first hand, the devastating effects of out of control socio/psychopathy, the United States has not. Additionally, the US has a unique set of political, legal and social structures that are extremely tolerant of extremist perspectives. Beginning in 1886, the socio/psychopathic community in the US has methodically manipulated our political and legal systems to create an artificial legal entity -- the corporation -- which acts both as a shield and "fall guy" for their nefarious and self-perpetuating activities.
The two primary political parties in the United States have generally been in direct opposition to each other through World War II. However, after WWII the US has been subjected to the methodical rise in the corrupting influence and power of the Deep State/Shadow Government. This influence has moved both parties to the right and left the majority of the empathy-based voters without accurate and true representation in the political, and thus legal, processes.
Excessive amounts of money is too often considered "greed" when in reality, at some point, large amounts of money are used as power over others. Our right-wing, lack of empathy, political structure continually used money to manipulate our various systems (political, legal, military, health, et al.) for the last 60+ years. This technique of control of power through the use of large amounts of money has been quite successful, until it recently came to light that the very basis for this method was flawed by what is at the base of its very nature -- money.
There have been many wealthy individuals (men) who have run for, and become, President of the United States. However, all of these men have been consistently bound by in-place legal, moral, social, religious, etc., mores to "keep them in line" and within the tolerance level of acceptance of the majority. Trump has felt no compunction to comply. As a result of his ability to self-fund and lack of concern for the standard systems of political control, he has attracted and exploited a fan base of those who still are heavily endowed with the "lack of empathy" genetic makeup. His popularity has been accelerated and exploded by his media marketing skills as well as blantant greed/power-driven media manipulation.
So the American "voter" is now presented with a rigged voting process that is to be the culmination of a political election process which has become uncontrollable, even by those political operatives who have held the reigns of power for the last few decades. The frustration is running rampant and will only recede with the November election. However, this upcoming election will not "correct" any of the basic problems that have been uncovered with this election cycle. All that will be accomplished is the universal realization of how far removed we all are from our quest for a world functioning on love, rather than fear and hate, Those of us who choose to look at it another way, will observe that our empathy DNA is once again losing out to our lack of empathy DNA.
(Article changed on October 12, 2016 at 17:28)
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