Stoned politics – is that what an honest politician looks like?

The corporate media lost their collective shit when Gary Chambers Jr. ran his Senate nomination ad. The spot, titled “37 Seconds,” begins with Gary Chambers lighting a big, fat blunt and his voiceover saying, “Every 37 seconds, someone gets arrested for possession of marijuana…”

He continues to drop truth bombs like, “Since 2010, state and local police officers have arrested 7.3 million Americans for violating marijuana laws…”

Meanwhile, in a blue suit, he’s smoking a big, fat blunt in a leather chair in the middle of a field. Continuing to rant about stats, he ends his ad with, “Most of those arrested aren’t dealers, they’re people who own small amounts of weed…like me!”

And with that, he drops his mic: “I’m Gary Chambers and I approve of this message!”

And boy did he hit a note with stoners everywhere. It turns out there can be a lot of boost these days from just being honest about your cannabis use.

I am certainly standing up for Mr. Chambers, who would be the first Senator to be an outspoken cannabis user…which would definitely set a precedent.

The Rise of the Common Man

We live in a time when it has become painfully obvious that there are two tiers of society. The elite class that includes big business and government and the rest of us. You can no longer deny the sheer intersection between big corporate interests and high political figures.

Hell, people started investing based on Nancy Pelosi’s trends and started banking because it seemed like “Nancy knew something the rest of us didn’t.” This is often the case, and while there are “laws” against this type of practice, the elite have found a way around it all.

Politicians and their families often make investments before a law is changed – which by other standards would qualify as “insider trading” – but for some reason politicians don’t play by those rules.

When it comes to wealth, you only have to look at how many people in Congress and the Senate are millionaires. Compare this to the rest of the population and you can see that Congress and the Senate essentially play by different rules than we do.

There’s no room to deny it anymore, and when people like Gary Chambers go the opposite way, we see an immediate popular response. It’s also why Donald Trump won – not because he’s awesome, smart, or an underdog – but because he was a different kind of insanity and people were just too tired of the same old corporate bullshit.

So when real people start to rise up, the rest of society starts to fall in line. The “people” are beginning to give them allegiance, ready to “go beyond anything” simply to defy the status quo.

We have reached a point in society where there could possibly be a rise of the ‘ordinary politician’. A new generation of people who will rise as a direct result of the corporate-ruled political class we see today.

Of course, this could cause problems if figures like Trump hijack the momentum of honest gamblers, but perhaps it’s time individuals everywhere began to drop their allegiance to a party or “side” and instead look to higher ideals to judge.

Stop voting Democrat or Republican and look at the principles of each candidate. Perhaps it is time to fragment the two-party system entirely and embrace a multi-party democracy where people can be more accurately represented.

Perhaps Chambers still played it too close to his heart here. He’s running on the Democratic ticket. This might give him a better chance of winning, but what happens if you make it to the Senate? Then you will feel the influence of the “Democratic Party”, especially when it comes to voting “partisan politics”. Even if you’re not 100% in favor of a particular point in a policy, if your party wants it passed, it’s best to shut the flap and vote “Ay!”

Some people might try to argue that this is simply not true, but unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years – the fact is, politics is so “tribal” these days that individuals have to play the ball or be ostracized from the group. That is the nature of this type of political association.

Nonetheless, I think Gary Chambers will be the first of many of these types of politicians to come in the years to come. We may even see people from different walks of life and faiths stepping into the spotlight.

For example, it’s only a matter of time before someone with a fluid gender identity or a completely different ideology becomes a political figure. However, I think people are ready for more authenticity, and hopefully the extreme tribalism of the last two years will make people think – “Maybe we can do better?”

As for Gary Chambers, I hope he wins. I don’t know his politics, but the mere fact that he had the guts to smoke a blunt in a blue suit while sitting in a leather chair in the middle of a field deserves credit.

What do you think? Do you think there is enough space in politics for people from different backgrounds to take responsibility? Are we doomed to this two tier political system where the elite can do as they please and we are forced to play by ‘plebe rules’?

Let me know in the comments section and if you’re in Louisiana, spark one for Chambers!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/chambers-louisiana-marijuana-ad/2022/01/18/c46b1534-785c-11ec-83e1-eaef0fe4b8c9_story.html

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