Even after we wake up we are asleep most of the time aware but not sensate but dumb as rocks

Exhibit A is Clickbait we never wise up we sometimes resist but it bugs us because the little lizardbrain voice keeps saying Cmon Cmon the Gollum voice says We Wants It

And so we are essentially crippled when it comes to selecting candidates for political office and positions to take on ballot propositions

Because like a brain a campaign has compartmentalized operations with often contradictory motivations

And rumors fly that their guys are outspending our guys and They have an evil agenda and We must meet our fundraising deadline

None of which have much to do with The Right Thing To Do

Because at root it is persuasion and salespersonship and you don’t sell to Sweet Reason you sell to We Wants It

And since we are asleep though awake we are subject to hypnosis

Let’s think of that next time we are in a restaurant and the server utters the hypnotic question “How is everything tasting?”

And the only way to snap out of the lull is to visualize hyenas tearing away at a rotting corpse–did you just wake up, Reader and Friend?

Isn’t Blue a soothing color?

Or Doesn’t Red mean Passion and Purpose?

Wake up!! You fell back asleep

When they get you to give them money they bank on the fact that that act means YOU ALREADY VOTED

They have you

Please hit your Reset button!!!