who else is very concerned about the france election?

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Brexit is a mess, the US admin is a worldwide joke, I really hope France sees that Le Pen is a disaster waiting to happen. I literally fear for our world right now.

i second this notion. i wish more scientists were in office making policies, but they are too smart for that. they would rather be on the actual threshold of human innovation which government is no longer and perhaps never was. take for instance the free markets swift punishment of united airlines. no bureaucratically delayed reactions and rules, just people saying load and clear this will not be tolerated and watch that 180 spin. greed is rampant and all many people understand is their revenue streams depleting. once upon a time our countries founding men were scientists, inventors, innovators, of course still mostly bound by the thinking of their era so they weren't saints, if you plucked them out of their time into an anachronistic situation they probably would seem pretty backwards and racist but they displayed talent in the sciences and great intelligence for their time and our politicians today are actors, public speakers, persuaders, charlatans, degrading further, into white collar crooks, liars, deniers of science devolving further into... reality tv stars, peddlers of 'alternate facts', dredgers of racism and prejudice, proponents of torture.

i know we have an idealistic view of the founding fathers. a lot of them were huge dicks, no question about it. but i guess what i am saying is ben franklin was a syphilis ridden man-whore... but he also invented the bifocals. we've got people who can convince themselves the world is flat, or 6000 years old, or isn't fucking roiling to a boil from climate change because they are completely disconnected to scientific and rational thought. this is more dangerous than any ideology and could honestly be a panacea for many of them that are just plain crazy.

that's what i think anyway.


- S.