The Best Have Better Things To Do

 I watched some interview of Senator Fetterman (D-Penn) in the past two weeks, and he hyped on.....'the best and brightest are not going to DC to represent people'.

I paused over it and it's been on my mind for a while.

Yeah, to be honest....if I were a successful farmer, trucker, tire-sales guy, bartender, real estate salesman, or mechanic....there's better things to do in life than go be a Senator in DC.

But my negativity goes beyond that.

You'd have to dress up and look fake-successful...meaning a full-up suit (figure $300 minimum) and $300 shoes (the nice fitting type).  

You'd have to practice over and over....to make as few comments as possible....to avoid looking stupid.

You'd have to avoid whiskey and booze, or getting into drunken commentary.

You'd have to show common sense and wisdom....around the clock.

You'd have to avoid farting in elevators.

You'd have to treat half-witted reporters at least in respectful way.

You'd have to at least keep your trophy-half-witted wife in a happy situation, so she doesn't run off with the tennis-trainer.

There's just a lot of hassle involved.

So the better, smarter, and more thoughtful folks have better things in life to do....than wasting six to twelve years in DC.  

Wasn't The Whole Purpose Of College To Inoculate You From Propaganda/BS?

 Well....in some ways, the original purpose was to give you unique skills and perceptions....to ask questions and gain insight into subjects.  

Through the 1990s....I think to some degree....the majority of colleges were attempting to do that.

In the past twenty years?  They've basically gone in a number of cases to present propaganda, as the one-and-only 'truth' and without insight/analysis or skepticism....you fall into a pit of believing just about anything.

The engineering and science fields are probably the least affected so far, although medicine has gone to the deep end and been able to convince of various hoax-like fake-truths.  

Where this is leading?  Well....if you go and spend $100k of borrowed money....to get a fake degree....mostly feeding you BS/propaganda, what's the value of the degree a decade later?  At some point, society is going to react and lay you off from your position, with minimum opportunities to repay the $100k of debt.

There's some bad times coming for some folks.