A Facebook friend posted an article on Corporate Price Gouging and how it isn’t true….corporations are NOT price gouging. S0, as suggested in the article, I looked it up and found a minimum of a dozen articles on the causes of inflation, price gouging, etc… written by sources or “experts” that spout facts and opinions that lean toward their particular ideology on either side of the political aisle! And then there’s this CNBC article:
It posits neither the Trump nor Biden administrations are responsible for inflation. So…who’s right? Look, I learned a long time ago that posting this political crap on a platform like Facebook or Threads or Twitter (I refuse to call it what Elon Musk named it) changes NOTHING! It only tends to further the division of friends and family on the platform. I ain’t voting differently because of reading a right-leaning, Trumpion ideological post. And if I post left-leaning articles stating the current economic conditions under Biden/Harris created more jobs, lowered unemployment, posted record-high stock markets, (Trump’s favorite metric), created infrastructure movement, and blah, blah, blah… making the USA economy the best it’s been in years and the best in the world (look it up)…you AIN’T voting for Harris. All these ideological Facebook posts only serve to earn us a virtual pat on the back and an “Atta Boy” from people who believe as we do. Or condemnation and mean-spirited, derogatory comments from people who disagree. But It doesn’t have to be this way.
I moved a lot in my career and made friends in different cities and states. Facebook helps us keep in touch with these now life-long friends. The person who posted the price gouging article I mentioned is a friend that I worked with for over 12 years and we kinda became a family during that time. I will always be interested in his family’s growth and all the info about their lives thathe shares. I was extremely concerned that he nearly lost his life due to accidental carbon monoxide poisoning…and so very happy he didn’t. And because of his experience, I agreed wholeheartedly with his campaign to urge folks to get carbon monoxide detectors (I have two.) After life took us in different directions, I was happy to learn on Facebook that he did stand-up comedy, and continued his career in radio—an industry that we loved, but didn’t love us back. I will always respect his beliefs in life, love, and yes, politics. But I learned through experience, that while it may feel cathartic to vent your political beliefs on Facebook, posting these political views on that platform—or any social media platform—won’t change a thing. It just creates more division in an already extremely divided country. A country that should be united no matter what! Hell, it’s even in our name: UNITED States of America!!
People will vote for their beliefs—as they should—no matter what political stuff I post here or on Facebook. But please know, your posts spouting political ideology won’t change people’s minds.