We seem to be at the pinnacle of the cycle of hatred that exists in politics. Never have two sets of people been so far divided, and only dividing the centre even more. With reference to US politics, this happens every four years, with Republicans spreading hate for Obama, or Democrats spreading hate for Bush. Now, however, with the advent of social media and antidisestablishmentarianism amongst the media conglomerates, we're left with a divide of hate never seen before.
The largest issue I have with this, is when one side is victor, the predictable happens; the losers cry out and protest, whereas the winners comment about the hypocrisy of the losers since the losers complained when the winners protested the years before, when the roles were reversed. So it's a cycle of hate, and has been since, well, wheels have existed. Now however, we're on the verge of anarchy, the peak of this wheel, since Trump has been elected. The left, and anti-right, see him as a symbol of hatred, and use their own hatred to combat him and his supporters. The right, and anti-left, choose to fight fire with fire, and fuel the chaos until something snaps.
Snapping, although, can be prevented. Donald Trump is the human fire extinguisher, who can stop the cycle from grinding down on those with hate but rather tell them to stop. He's already partly done this, but until he's president this wheel will keep turning.
Onto more appropriate issues, such as the legitimisation of the left's accusation that Trump is an idol of hate. He isn't. He's simply the man to those of hate (more specifically, KKK, neo-nazis, [bigots, basically, with no other cause that someone else's pain]) who is more favourable. The same way that Clinton was voted for by extreme socialists, this, surprisingly, doesn't make her the next Lenin. Trump does have a way with words that might be off to some people, too common or not presidential enough; which is a perfectly valid excuse, because of democracy and all. But he isn't a symbol of hate, but rather a suppression of it. Without Trump, Cruz, or Carson was a likely nominee and possible president. This would have been catastrophic. Trump is seen a symbol for hate because the media has propped him up to be this major disaster, this instigator of war. Whereas, a majority of his policies, views and ideals are moderate to left, only a handful are right wing. The media are the one's in control of how Trump is viewed, and they're the instigators of war, and the major disasters, since they are the ones turning the wheel.
The common theme isn't the presidents, the bias, the scandals or the public's response. The common theme is the system we live in, either in the UK or US. The issue is that the public isn't voting for who they want to lead, but rather they're voting against the person they want to see lose. It's a wheel because of the electoral systems we live under and they control who stays in power. Democrat or Republican, Labour or Conservative, it doesn't matter anymore since either one will always be in power. Voting reform is the biggest issue with any election, but instead of protesting against first past the post, the media swings the attention of hate towards the winner. But in this scenario, no one is the winner, and we hate them anyway.
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