Dodoism Lives

Alive and well. Dodoism. Need a definition?  Try this one out:


Dodoism – noun: belief in nothingness but basing decisions on that nothingness; acting with conviction with little or no factual support for the conviction; often confused with being stupid and pretending to be smart at the same time; public confusion as strength of character.


Yes, that explains the current state of affairs, both in public, nationally and locally, in the media and external to the media. In entertainment programs, style, fashion and fads, too. Movies, TV serial programs – drama or comedy – and other forms of artistic endeavor pretending to be high art and intellectual while there is no proof of such intelligence.


Arguments that big government doesn’t work abound. Take the criminal justice system.  This is entirely run by government and recidivism runs high, prisons are full, released offenders find themselves back in the clink again and again, often by committing similar crimes. But then, talk with public defenders, speak at length with public prosecutors, ask them why repeat offenders never seem to go away.


They will tell you that mental illness often is a disguise for crimes. The court system is forced to deal with mental illness as the cause of the criminal behavior, but then that assumes there are ample resources of mental health experts, doctors and therapists available to treat the offender. But those folks are not readily available, certainly not in the numbers needed to care for the current onslaught of offenders.


Another dimension of this same problem is the dearth of mental health treatment centers at which many patients need to be incarcerated as patients under lock and key for the period during which treatment is delivered to the patient. They must be institutionalized to keep the patient safe and secure, and maintain public safety at the same time. Money for these resources simply is not available.


Big government foes actually create the recidivism problem by underfunding resources needed to treat the mental illness that creates the crime wave the criminal justice system is charged with managing. The two situations are at odds with one another. Thus the problem is made worse while tax payers are rewarded with lower taxes. It is a false economy.


Results also demonstrate why big government is needed to solve the really big problems. Private resources do not exist to fully manage these issues. It takes government authority and resources to make happen.


Thinking otherwise is dodoism.


Same is true for public education: expect all the good things to happen from public education but don’t fund it to be successful. Furthermore, place even more duties on the teachers and school administrators and give them no training or administrative funds to make the good things happen. The only thing certain is failure.


Lack of proper education is also a feature of dodoism. Lacking a good education creates poor logic and decision making. In turn more social problems are created and the dwindling government has fewer resources at hand to manage the problems. That’s dodoism personified.


A president without an education grounding him in public service, foreign affairs, macro economics, political science and public policy making, is a sure sign that nothing good will occur. And we have proof positive of that after nearly 3 years of mr. trump’s tenure at the White House. He is a classic dodo. And he deals in dodoism, appoints dodos, and curries support from fans who themselves are dodos.


In short, donald trump is the king of dodoism. It will take a larger government at least a generation to overcome the dodoism of this age. It is unthinkable that five more years of this would do any good at all for what we once longingly called America.


Don’t be a dodo. Don’t vote for a dodo. In fact, help stamp out dodoism.


October 28, 2019