Matisyahu's Blog

Nothing quite annoys me more than the refrain from far to many Americans of “I didn’t vote for that” given that it is exactly what they voted for – signs saying ‘mass deportations now’ didn’t give you a hint on what the Trump platform was all about? when I hear this nonsense of “this is not what I voted for” what it actually sounds like is “I want to be given a free pass because the policies I voted for makes me look like a bad person and I don’t want people to see me as a bad person”. So no, they should be given a free pass – people who voted for this Trump regime and trying to back out of their decision should not be given a free pass, they need to take responsibility for the vote that they made.

When I talk about ‘taking responsibility’ I am talking about them taking on the work of deconstructing their underlying world view that led them to vote for it in the first place. If they’re not willing to do that work then it is highly likely that in the future if another Trump like figure comes along you’re going to be swept up in the vibes only to get voters remorse. Need I remind people these are the same people who voted for Nixon then years later claim they never voted for him, voted for Reagan then years later claimed they never voted for him, the voted for George W Bush then years later claim they never voted for him.

Rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat, when you make your political decisions based on vibes and how you feel rather than hearing the claims made by politicians then investigating those claims using empirical data, logic and reason, then don’t be surprised that a Donald Trump or a George W Bush becomes president. Btw, this isn’t unique to the United States – just look at Brexit from the United Kingdom or in the most recent elections where culture war nonsense blinded the average New Zealander to the fact that 3 Waters was the only viable long term solution for dealing with the infrastructure deficit.