I've been thinking along these lines for quite a while but have never posted anything about it, so here goes.
You know what's wrong with the country today?
Two words; Political Science. That's what's wrong.
Now there are a lot of varying definitions of Political Science, most of them very technical and difficult to understand. For me, when something starts becoming simple to understand I know I'm on the right path, so for the sake of simplicity, Political Science is the subject of how to defeat the opposition. It, as a subject, doesn't matter or care what the opposition is, or if they are ethically right or wrong. It's all about how to win for yourself and make the other guys lose. It is the achievement of power for yourself at the expense of the other side.
That is the only consideration.
Now there is this other political study which is more in the traditions of philosophy, called of course, Political Philosophy, which is a study of why someone should, or shouldn't be defeated. This, simply put, is oriented more to discovering the nature of freedom versus government and the advantages of one over the other.
I've come to the realization that as far as politics go, I'd rather be a philosopher than a scientist. The Political Scientist is always about the party they belong to. Truth doesn't matter, as long as their guy wins. Principles don't matter as long as you have your own personal faith that "your guy" is the right guy for everybody and it doesn't matter why; he just is.
Obama, for example, according to political science, can be the best president ever and say immigration is out of control and needs to be fixed but when Trump says the same thing he is a Fascist. Obama can be the worst president ever because he's for tariffs but when Trump does them he's the best president and a brilliant political strategist.
See? There are a hundred issues where I've seen the same thing has happened. The video clips of politicians flip-flopping according to popularity are all over the internet. Truth doesn't matter as long as your guy wins.
That's Political Science.
When a person is thinking along the lines of Political Philosophy, tariffs are either good or bad and they stay that way no matter who the president is. Border control is either good or bad and remains so no matter who the president is. An out of control and unconstitutional budget is either good or bad and remains so, no matter which political party occupies the White House. Someone thinking along the lines of political philosophy would dump their support for a candidate in a second if he proved himself to be inconsistent.
In Political Philosophy it is the truth that matters, not the politician. For some reason the truth is important to me.
