You know what fascinates me about modern politics? Politicians always sound like motivational speakers trapped inside a hostage video. Every speech begins with, “We want better schools, safer neighborhoods, stronger communities…” and somehow it ends with your kid unable to read cursive, your grocery bill looking like a ransom note, and your city requiring a tactical extraction team just to buy toothpaste at CVS. 🛒

At some point Americans have to stop confusing intentions with results. Because if intentions alone mattered, every gym membership in January would produce a Greek statue by March. We don’t judge plumbers by how passionately they discuss pipes. We judge them by whether sewage ends up in the basement. Government should work the same way.

And that’s the scam they’ve run on us for decades. They tell us what they care about, so we won’t notice what they destroy.

“I care about education.”

Wonderful. Then why are schools graduating kids who think George Washington fought in the Civil War using TikTok dances?

“I care about public safety.”

Fantastic. Then why does every Democrat-run city now look like the deleted scenes from a Batman movie?

“I care about equity.”

Interesting word, equity. Modern politicians use it the way medieval kings used incense. Wave enough smoke around and maybe nobody notices the plague cart rolling down Main Street.

Because here’s what I’ve learned watching these people over the years: there are very few truly bad ideas in politics. Most ideas sound decent in a brochure. “Help the poor.” Great. “Improve healthcare.” Fantastic. “Protect vulnerable people.” Of course.

The problem isn’t usually the idea. The problem is the people implementing it.

Bad governance can turn paradise into a DMV waiting room with armed guards.

And we’ve elected too many people with no moral foundation whatsoever. None. These people have the ethics of raccoons fighting over expired yogurt behind a Waffle House. They don’t believe in truth. They believe in narrative. They don’t believe in principles. They believe in leverage.

Remember when lying in public was considered shameful? Politicians used to at least attempt dignity. Nixon lied and resigned. Bill Clinton lied and wagged his finger like a substitute teacher caught stealing calculators. Today they lie with the confidence of a teenager denying he ate the cake while frosting is still on his eyebrows.

They’ll tell you inflation is under control while you’re refinancing eggs.

They’ll tell you crime is down while Walgreens locks up shampoo like it’s uranium.

They’ll tell you men can become women, women can become men, and if you question it, suddenly you’re the crazy one.

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