What is happening in this world

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[–]magnora7[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

whereas we should challenge Big Corp and money in politics, the anti-vax movement will continue to divide people. Big Corp and the .01% are manipulating the anti-vaxxers so that they'll argue over facts and science, whilst the .01% fleece the 99% for everything.

Yes, this bears repeating. This is clearly what is happening, at this point it couldn't be more obvious. Yet so many don't see it.

The solution to this insanity is obvious: vote greedy politicians out of office next year, and help elect an electable person who represents you.

Yeah, if only we had a legitimate voting system instead of a rigged electronic-only one run by one company that's never audited, and mathematically guaranteed to be dominated by two parties by design. Voting local is good though. But people who seek power are usually the ones that shouldn't have it.

The idea government represents the people is just a fiction perpetuated to keep those in power, in power. The "social contract" is just the minimum amount of stuff they have to do to trick the public in to supporting their positions of power. Now that we're in a crisis situation, we see the social contract go right out the window, because now people are kept in check by fear, rather than by acceptance of the social contract.

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(Sorry - one more point) Yes, there are problems with elections, which is why twice the required number of people need to be engaged in them. And yes, politics attracts greedy jerks. But the people who wrote a bill to improve the election process were stopped in their tracks by the GOP and 1 or 2 corrupt democrats. This bill could hit the floor again if there were not as many of the GOP. Anyone in office more than 2 terms really should be voted out of office (as these are often the greedy jerks). The prospect of a career as a legislator must end. It's an honor and a public service, and it's good to have actual Eisenhower conservatives in office, if anyone really wants to do that. The current GOP (and many Dems) are not focused on public service. I appreciate that this is rather aspirational, but I do think we should focus on this process in the next year, even those of us who want the GOP to win. Get the old folks out, I say. On the issue of electoral and corporate legislation, only the Dems are pulling their weight in this category, but there are hopefully "conservatives" who may eventually agree with them. Years ago there were many deals agross the aisle. McConnell and other crooks need to go, if there is going to be any actual legislation in D.C. Currently everything is a standstill. And Biden and the Dems should be much bolder than they have been. They appear weak.

[–]magnora7[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Voting participation doesn't matter one iota if the voting system itself is rigged. It matters not who votes, but who counts the votes. Especially in a system like ours that has zero transparency or paper trail.

Thinking about things in terms of Dems and Reps is like watching Professional Wrestling and believing the Kayfabe is completely real. It's Kabuki Theater at this point. Like this comic: https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/956/597/f57.jpg

Neither side is standing up for Americans in any way, shape, or form, for over 40 years now.

Vote all you want, but there are bigger things to focus on. One solitary piece of input to the political system every 2 years isn't going to solve our problems any more than it already has.

Time to focus on the thing that controls them both. It's more powerful than either of them.

[–]Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And if anyone knows anything of 20th and 21st century 'history' we have a anglo/British/Judaic hereditary aristocracy closely connected through family. It doesn't take much research to figure out most of the presidents of US Inc. are related.