The Exigent Duality
Pivot - 10:20 CST, 2/20/17 (Sniper)
I am officially "done" with the topic of politics. I've removed all political feeds from my news aggregator, and I'm not going to cover the topic any more on this blog.

First, the ROBCI-- "return on brain cycle investment"-- calculation has been rapidly decreasing for the past few years, to the point where I'm essentially rehashing the same ideas in my mind over and over from different vantage points, and arriving at more or less the identical conclusions no matter how I look at things. I alluded to this fact in a recent post, and I think the core of my "comprehensive summary" is essentially the end-all of political thinking for me, and indeed I think, any rational, objective person. This constant, redundant churn stresses me out, and also distracts my brain from the plethora of constructive, meaningful topics towards which it could be devoted.

Second, politics is such an extraordinarily vitriolic topic, that upon reflection I was a much happier person before I started studying it intently. While interviewing Milo Yiannopoulos recently, Bill Maher said that if he wanted to "cry myself [himself] to sleep every night", all he would have to do is "read my [his] Twitter feed". I don't think my chronic insomnia issues are solely due to following politics-- but that constant drip feed of mental poison into my brain every day can't help.

Third, political action is evil. It's the very equivalent of petitioning the school yard bully to smash the other kids' faces in so you can steal their lunch money. Why bother following the nuances of a topic, where the practical application of its subject matter is deeply unethical? And to add to the analogy, the teacher is the one who is whispering in your ear to petition the bully in the first place, because a fragmented, divided school class is easier for the teacher to control. So not only is political action immoral, but "participation" in it makes one look gullible and stupid too.

I'm going to re-devote this blog back towards my core interests: video games, football, and cars.