Pleasantville Politics

Have you seen the movie “Pleasantville”? It’s about a village where everything is perfect but there are no colours. Everything is black or white. The local basketball team wins all the time, and the fire brigade is used to helping cats down from trees but hasn’t got a clue what a fire actually is, because nothing has ever burned in Pleasantville. Nice but damn boring.
Some politicians are trying really hard to bring everyone to “Pleasantville” and the people are waiting for someone to take them there.
Get real man! Do you really think some politician or other leader knows how to get there? Why go anyway even if somebody knew?
Politicians are like painters who only have one colour to work with. One paints the future black; his opponent paints with pure white.

You say yes to the EU and the good days will be gone you will use your job, your country, your identity and there will be anarchy. Or how about the white version: we will be part of a great family, where everybody supports everyone and we will be able to fight criminals, help refugees and end poverty.
Do you think you’d enjoy looking at a painting like that, a painting with only one colour? Where are the real artists (politicians) who know that there are shades, different colours, eternal but also new shapes and forms? Where are the politicians who don’t simplify reality but take the challenge to accentuate the pros and cons? Where are the politicians who have the courage to admit that they have no idea where Pleasantville is but that it may be worth trying a new route, not to find Pleasantville but a place where colours exist?
These politicians won’t come unless we learn how to appreciate true art (information) which is differentiated and colourful. Don’t pay the price for a museum (newspaper, political party) where there are only white or black paintings. Ask for diversity, ask for shades and colours. Ask for information which paints an accurate picture so that you can make up your mind rather than having to choose whether you like black or white better.