Impassioned speeches

That is what politics is at the end of the day: giving speeches which are supposed to move people in a certain way. There were a lot of those during the 2025 presidential election, governor and mayoral races. There are going to be more speeches for every election which is scheduled to be held through the year and governmental cycle, and just the future in general. I guess it is the job of leadership or any politician to give a captivating speech. Who would want to sit through one that is dull, boring and drone-like? Why would the public care, if leadership themselves do not feel excited and/ or enthused about their goals for change?

Yesterday, NYC had it's inauguration of the new mayor. I guess New Yorkers and/or Americans haven't been exposed much to revolutionary sounding rherotic, but it seems they were quite impressed with the impassioned speeches given. I had the opposite reaction. It felt trite and already done before - because it has. Conversely, the speeches by the current GoP tend to negatively frustrate me, as do most speeches by far right wing governments, or conservatives. At the end of the day, speeches about the future are empty words and promises. What matters is what they are able to deliver for the people they say they want to change things for. Trump was able to act comparatively quickly, because he was voted in as the leader of the entire federal government - even then, people were complaining about prices not decreasing fast enough; not achieving his promises fast enough etc. (not that I agree with the things the Republicans have promised). Governors and mayors might not be able to deliver things at the same pace as the President, because they have a lot of bosses above them. As an individual, I try to be realistic about the things I can deliver, because over-promising angers people and makes them trust you less in the next interaction. Even then, I have made people feel betrayed because I said things, which I walked back after experiencing lies, pitfalls and treacherous situations myself. It is tenuous domino effect.

Although I tend to be at odds with most very left-wing revolutionary rhetoric, because they persistently face funding issues, there are certain promises by the NYC mayor which I am somewhat holding on to, such as employment opportunities for people like myself, with fair livable wages, and to avoid the inflation of housing costs. Again, the Trump administration has done quite a number on the labour market, and AI has somehow made firms feel like humans (or at least certain humans) are no longer needed. This goes with the overall plan to scapegoat the problems created by the top 1-2%, to those which people with money and/or power have a (personal) problem with. Mind you, they have also managed to brainwash/ convince the general public that their e.g. gross tax evasion creating a hole in the government's budget, or not paying sufficient wages, is not their problem but as a result of only others like myself. Individuals earning tens or hundreds of millions of dollars (perhaps billions) in profits or total assets, are individuals that either have generational wealth spanning multiple generations, or have exploited and benefited from sales to the general public. This inequality occurs with or without "others". So before the general public give in to the scapegoating and finger pointing by the 1-2%, just stop and think about firstly, what sort of person is shifting the blame and secondly, why they would have the incentive to scapegoat. If you really dislike non-Americans or "problematic" decent foreigners (that aren't part of e.g. a gang), would you really attain economic equality when they are gone? Do you really believe the top 1-2% are going to give handouts in large quantities? The obvious answer is no.

This brings me to the next topic: DEI and the claim about discrimination against white men. Let us remind ourselves that DEI also includes individuals from less well-off socio-economic backgrounds regardless of race. Secondly, white men have held power for centuries, and have gone about enforcing discrimination based on gender, class and age, and of course race/ tribe. They have picked winners and losers throughout history, and they have pillaged and colonised. When times change and they are hit with accountability, they cry discrimination? It is true, the situation is murkier when a person that is comparatively highly skilled happens to be a white man; but why are we pretending that every white man (or just man) is the highly skilled one in the group? They really aren't; it is just their entitlement, due to historical cultural norms. It wouldn't surprise me, if men from current male-dominant patriarchal societies, take inspiration from the complaint about discrimination of white men, to claim discrimination of men. A totally untrue and ridiculous notion. And to repeat myself, societies are being hit with male loneliness epidemics, because women that know better and aren't brainwashed, are clearly tired of their blatant lies and entitlement. It is past time for people to come to terms with modernity, and the current situation of the world.