Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Focus and aperture


The left-of-center USA political campaign has a wide aperture which gives it great depth of field but a focus that often lets in too much light, and makes its images washed out.

The left is focused on opportunies for all citizens which include education, healthcare, homes, and jobs for all citizens; fair taxes that distribute our common wealth to create and maintain our infrastructure and protect us from foreign adversaries; wind down the military-industrial complex and allocate its monies and people to domestic projects. Avoid foreign entanglements and endless wars; we are not duty-bound to police the world. Yet sending troops and goods to central america and Venezuela for humanitarian relief could knock down a lot of the reasons people from there are seeking refuge. Bring troops and equipment back from Arab deserts to build the wall on our Southern border. Engage in practical immigration just as it is engraved on the statue of liberty. We are responsible for keeping at least our corner of the planet clean and fresh. Patriotic citizens IMHO.


The right-of-center campaign is intensely focused with a tight aperture which results in a very shallow depth-of-field, and often makes its images very dark.

The right is focused on pure capitalism, the art of the deal, and every man for himself. Its zealots say Trump, a man of unquestioned immorality by every measure,  is the second coming of Christ, that we were founded by white Christian men, and don't you forget it. Strict constitutionalists. Walls are good. Guns are good; big military is good; biggest military is thereby best; we are destined to rule the world.  "A well regulated militia" does not mean that you have to be trained, licensed, or qualified by a government-monitored militia.  We were, are, and will always be exceptional.  And Russia could be helpful(?).  

Use midrange aperture and moderate focus to get a clear crisp picture.

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