Pink performs a song titled "What About Us?" In the song, she laments the things promised that were never fulfilled. When I first heard the song I was struggling through some relationship troubles of my own and the song resonated with its message of anguish over broken promises and betrayal. It was only later that I learned it was a song about how the Trump presidency doesn't care about people. I was gobsmacked by this revelation. Really Pink? You, the poster child for rebellion against authority? You, the icon of kickin ass against The Man? You are lamenting the fact that there are billions of beautiful souls that need to be loved? That there are promises of being taken care of by a loving government that were unrealized? The G-O-V-E-R-N-M-E-N-T doesn't love you? We are sad because the government lied to us? They made promises and then they didn't keep them?
What the actual fuck? At what point did you (and presumably large numbers of those like you) come to the conclusion that it is the government's job to care about you, love you, support you? At best, the government should guard your interests and protect you from illegal predation or foreign invasion. They are not now, nor ever were, intended to be your caregiver, provider, parent or monitor.
If they lie... prosecute them. Either by filing charges or by voting them out. If they are unfair, protest the unfairness and demand change. In a more practical sense, accept the fact that government, by its nature is exploitive. They always have and always will screw you. The trick is to keep the government reigned in, keep it small. Ensure that it has the least opportunity and ability to screw you.
