Simple Politics

My politics are not that complicated or extreme. I believe that genocide is bad. I believe that peace and compassion are good. I believe that no one should struggle to survive in a world that is perfectly capable of providing for all. I believe that we should do everything we can to preserve our ecosystem for ourselves and future generations. I think it’s weird that some will deride these values, or consider them naive or immature.

It’s not that hard to be kind and to care for others. It’s not that hard to believe others deserve the same things we want for ourselves. It’s not that much of a stretch to liken a billionaire to someone with a hoarding disorder. It doesn’t take a lot of effort to see how our government is endorsing and abetting the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their homeland. I think it’s weird that some will dismiss those first couple of ideas as more complicated than they are, and the last couple as petty jealousy or just the way things are.