Current state of politics-trail

As You might have noticed, I did not publish a “What I read in politics today” for almost three days. I will keep the intervals a little lose for now, I am still a small trail and don't want to raid too much of the reward pool by doing a daily series + extra. We might also have to think about a way to select articles in the future, if I keep getting that many good recommendations. ![poltrail.gif](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQ3Y6dPgjTigAfZe2pJuEfSb5MFqytArBRnFFaTuzgmhX/poltrail.gif) _{*gif made by @kralizec*} The main thing I actually wanted to do in this small note is **thank all the people who support and talk to me**. I thought that if I ask the politics community of Steemit for great articles, people would come forward and show their awesome posts to me... That is exactly what happened! I am a little proud that my (evil?) plan came true, but I am even more happy to read of and talk to interesting people like You! We are all wearing different overalls, but our hearts are at the same place. **Click images to read the original post of the author on Steemit** ---------------------------------------- Congressional Baseball Shooting, the Public's Response, and Sen. Paul's Tweet ![CrossedSteems.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmW274c4Je6gQjq8stmKfPizVmq618U2pZtZrhBa1WkFJf/CrossedSteems.png) by @crossedsteems I did dodge this topic until I was asked to read this article. (I can not say “no” to that by my own rules) I felt like a lot of people were using the incident for their own agenda. That is exactly what @crossedsteems talks about: We need to come together as people and not get riled about into a “vs mode”. ---------------------------------------- When Everyone Thinks Alike - Who is Thinking? ![Steemtruth.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmNwgH5y7zNogqVBYDF8pcZXjx7feTjWNbyQJkNTVzAMd4/Steemtruth.png) by @steemtruth Group thinking. For many people it is normal to just repeat everything what they read in the newspaper or heard on TV. To me this is a bane of modern society, we let other people do the thinking for us, they tell us we are too stupid to form an opinion on our own, but I doubt that we humans are and so does @steemtruth! ---------------------------------------- A message to you crazy Political righties... ![Ray.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmcbG61hAY8iC87pmzhDHYMLGGeAL5MRyzXv7AkDvDqW4Q/Ray.png) by @raymondspeaks This article is much more peaceful and uniting than the title might make it out to be. It is a shame how hostile people from different ideologies and opinions treat each other. With the recent violent incidents that have been discussed in the media I think it is time to think about “why do we hate someone just because he has wants a different political system?" We can be emotional in our debates, but we should still be able to drink and laugh together afterwards. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to my home town!! ![Draco.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbizK99Z2BjFVTpYiWMSY6EGqSTYDtKgFX4XWCnmHen8Y/Draco.png) by @dracosalieri An interesting story about a town in South Africa that @dracosalieri lives in. I knew South Africa had problems, but I never knew “electricity theft” was one of them. In this short article You will see photographic proof of the act along with other great photos provided by @dracosalieri. ---------------------------------------- The Handyman ![Handymen.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmTBVi74EauTrmVpngwnN1GnArQDBHQbmd8zz4dzk3mdz1/Handymen.png) by @rvanstel A nice little metaphor on the state of our current state controlled power. Do not be fooled by the colorful overalls (their proclaimed ideology) they all want the same: Your money and Your legitimation to do whatever they want to do with it! ---------------------------------------- ROAD TO FREEDOM (SERIES) #2 - THE MYTH OF AUTHORITY ![Obey.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVivXN7rGZwmZ5tRQ3zHpS8Qu7uWTyuBxH44zehR9gGmx/Obey.png) by @cmoljoe An extensive article about the authority of the state and it's recent History. It is well structures so it is not as hard of a read as it might appear at first glance. Authority is an important topic, it is often perceived as something very negative and it is true our authoritarian systems (school/state/workplace) are very bad realizations of the concept of authority. I think we should not blindly follow anyone or anything, but I think authority is much more complex than that. Maybe I will make a post about the topic soon, it keeps coming up. -------------------------- **Click images to read the original post of the author on Steemit**