Why Does Everything Have to be SOOOO Complicated?

My wife asks me everyday why everything has to be so complicated.  She is very uncomfortable with technology.  When she doesn't understand something, it is simply tuned out.  Maybe you can relate.

Is this the reason so many things are over-complicated?  Do politicians love to portray things as very complex?  Are they hoping that our collective eyes will glaze over?  They can do anything they want if the people are confused in sufficient numbers.  In fact, a slick talking, Clintonesk lawyer can spin reality into appearing to be the opposite of what it is.  And they do this every day.

The environmental green movement is a case of opposites.  The movement is propelled forward by PhD scientists and professors that use words and reports that lead normal Americans to believe that the issue is beyond their feeble comprehension.  The people see these scientists as unbiased saviors of Mother Earth.  The people have to take the scientists' word on the whole complex problem.  On the other hand, the ecological system of the Earth is extremely complex.  In fact, I don't believe a PhD is enough to help bring anyone clarity on this subject.  All the complex mathematical calculations in the world can't give a bunch of scientists the understanding that only God has.  Are the scientists really unbiased, trustworthy purveyors of great knowledge?  You can decide for yourself, but I think they have taken an extremely complex thing and made it seem that only they can solve the problem created by their biased research.  You see, they do gain government grants and money studying the problems of their creation.

It used to be that one only had to open a newspaper or turn on the evening news to find out what is going on in the world.  Today, we have the complication of going online to non-traditional sources for truth.  But which sources can be trusted?  Does anyone not have an agenda?  What is right for America?  Why do we have to be pitted against one another?  Why is it that one man's success is billed as coming at the expense of someone?

When a person is very successful at business, doesn't that come after they have come up with a product or service offering that is very valuable to consumers?  Don't consumers benefit from this?  If they didn't benefit as much or more than the cost of the product or service, why did they buy it?  No one held a gun to their heads.  By the way, most successful businesses employ people and/or use contract employees to produce the products or services.  Successful businesses make great employers, because the jobs are secure, and they can afford to pay good wages to get the best employees.  Well run companies generally provide their employees the opportunity to be creative and to do things that bring them great satisfaction as well.  Producing the products and services might be highly technical and pretty complicated, but understanding that rich, successful entrepreneurs are good for America isn't complicated at all.  Don't let the MessAPolitico convince you differently.

This MessAPolitical is too complex for me to figure out.  How will we ever fix it?  Maybe we won't.  Without more politicians with integrity and leadership skills, we won't.