It is true. Obama just shored up the idea that if women ruled the world there would be fewer or no wars. What a picture that makes. A world where no one is killed because of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, or just plain annoying someone. Refugee centers and camps, crises at the border, all would be basically eliminated because instead of spending money on war toys, countries could spend the funds on improving life for their citizens. They could combat the gangs and violence, improve economic futures, raise the level of education and maintain a minimum standard of food security, warmth, shelter, and safety.
Sound like paradise? Well, life precludes most of that, but certainly if a woman ruled a country and knew there were other women at the other end of phones or Skypes or FaceTimes or whatever, there would be more talking, more planning, more hopeful projects rather than time and money spent on aggression and aggressive maneuvers. Why? Because women have learned over the ages that talk and reasoning, prioritzing, are the routes to use, not force, not violence, not threats,but rather reaching out, finding the commmon denominator. It is knowing that all people wish to feel equal to others in their rights, in their needs but know that fighting and violence are not the way to go.
Imagine the funds spent where they will do the greatest goods. No more dying because one cannot afford medicine. No more opioid crises as people will not suffer the pain or the hopelessness. Diseases cured or advances made with new available funding. College and trade education according to interests and skills and an appreciation of all honest and sincere labor. Recognition of the value of every small cog in our machinery of life and behave accordingly. Stamp out the remaining enslavement of people, be it for labor or sex. And yes, keep a nation strong, but there will be less temptation to strike out violently as life improves. No scapegoats needed.
Women know that there is no time to waste, no value achieved, no profit gained on moments and hours spent on tweeting nonsense that reeks of hatred and violence. No woman wants to hear how her child beat up someone in the schoolyard, teach their children to use words rather than fists, but to not be afraid of defending others in need. Why? Is it nature or nurture? Are they more attuned to the nuances of nature and people than men?
Nature is funny and does not always provide us with answers, but certainly we can do better than a crotchety old man like McConnell, or a nutty and dangerous man who has tweeted more than 8200 negative and nasty tweets, inane and misspelled, from his inauguration through early December and lordy, but how he has tweeted lately!
Surely we do not need to hear and tolerate the absolute dementia and deterioration of a Giuliani, and what has happened to a hero of 9/11?! So sad. We do not need crazies like Graham or Republicans who design "Christian" government with plans to kill all males who oppose them. And just what the hell is with Dershowitz!! Women do not have the time nor the intense hatred to spend energies on these things. There are far more important things to do and no time to waste. Hence women are far better time managers than men.
Women know there is a place for everyone in this world and if one cannot find one's niche, there will be help forthcoming . If one cannot fit in and takes the low road, then there will be appropriate imprisonment, but a humane one, with no profit taking companies running the joints!! Reform along with the consequences. Education along with the food and training.
Are women perfect? No, and there are some losers among them. Auk, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her determination to find democracy in Malaysia, has turned 180 degrees and allows the massacres of Rohingya. Golda Meir, on the other hand, spoke of the power of love over hate. She held off at one of the lowest moments ever in 1973 when it appeared that Israel was going under, with masses of armies from several Arab countries surprise attacking them on the holiest day of the year. She held off on the extreme last measure and instead there was a war to be won and peace or truces to be made. A man such as Trump would have pressed that damn button. Blustery and cranky all the while.
No, rather than cranky and crotchety old men ruling the joint we need the generosity and jolliness of Santa of the white beard, the philanthropists who donate to good causes for no return for them, the men who know what it means to truly be patriotic and for others to feel the same way about their countries. We need people who can both talk and listen and right now, we are in short supply indeed.
On the other hand, there is hope as more and more women join the ranks of leaders of the country and while there are those who encourage hate and violence such as Omar and Tlaib, there are far more who do not. Far more who know that talking and encouragement, a better world for all, will bring about the best world we can make. It will take much hard work, many hours of discouragement, but there it is. Nothing good comes easy, so please, in this upcoming new year and decade let us make pledges that we will keep and try to rid our government of these negative, corrupted, incompetent and selfish officials. Let us face reality and attack climate change, environmental disaster, hatred, violence, oppression and all that is wrong with us and the world. It can be done but will it? Not with these cranky old guys!!
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