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Politics is a waste of time and here's why......
It's business that really rules us now | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian
*their political system is a mirror image of ours and vice versa*
I know who this man is that authored this article. I consider him a mega enemy. Anybody read the link or the article in the OP?
I know who this man is that authored this article. I consider him a mega enemy. Anybody read the link or the article in the OP?
Was just considering it and I stumble upon this high praise.
thank you
He was denounced as "nothing but a bandwagoner"[citation needed] and a "media tart"[15] by groups such as Green Anarchist and Class War.
Among his best-known articles are his critique of David Bellamy's climate science,[18] his description of an encounter with a police torturer in Brazil,[19] his attack on libertarian interpretations of genetics,[20] his discussion of the ethics of outsourcing,[21] and his attack on the politics of Bob Geldof and Bono.[22]
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Make Lobbying illegal. Get rid of 'K' street.Without politics, there is no venue for discourse, dissent, assent and etc. So no, I disagree with that assertion. If you pass laws that stop lobbying and return the democratic process to the people where it belongs, corporations and special interests wouldn't be able to influence politics again. It isn't rocket science. If people truly cared about the purity of the democratic process, it would serve to eliminate the poisons within it.
Well, then we have to deal with the First Amendment there. So while I wish such a thing were possible, even the lobbyists deserve their first amendment rights. K street is a cancer on American politics, but as it stands now, we have no way of stopping them without violating the Constitution.
Make Lobbying illegal. Get rid of 'K' street.
Well, then we have to deal with the First Amendment there. So while I wish such a thing were possible, even the lobbyists deserve their first amendment rights. K street is a cancer on American politics, but as it stands now, we have no way of stopping them without violating the Constitution.
However? When the result TRUMPS the First and winds up silencing the voices of the people in favour of the elite/powerful, the people get shafted in the process and the FIRST that was crafted FOR the people first and foremost? The people wind up hurting?
NOT a hard call here.
Given the magnitude of corruption engrained in 'the system', I fear we are beyond redemption.
I have been disillusioned with politics for a long time now, but it remains an interesting subject to me. It's one of my autistic obsessions.
The people I blame more than the politicians and special interest groups are the voters themselves. They have allowed themselves to be played by a corrupt system for a long time. Watching people bicker over the "lesser of two evils" is like watching people argue over which color dildo they want to be fucked by.
$93 million every year goes to the base pay of the members of congress. Is it really public service for them to be there? If you can make $174,000 every year for sixty years then what reason really keeps senators and representatives working? It isn't from the goodness of their hearts. At least not the majority.
Term limits should be imposed on public offices. 300 million Americans shouldn't be controlled by a handful of people who don't truly have to answer for their actions.
Well, then we have to deal with the First Amendment there. So while I wish such a thing were possible, even the lobbyists deserve their first amendment rights. K street is a cancer on American politics, but as it stands now, we have no way of stopping them without violating the Constitution.
However? When the result TRUMPS the First and winds up silencing the voices of the people in favour of the elite/powerful, the people get shafted in the process and the FIRST that was crafted FOR the people first and foremost? The people wind up hurting?
NOT a hard call here.
So we use our constitutional rights to deprive others of theirs? I'm sorry, I don't think that's how it was meant to work. It would be playing into the hands of those would wish us harm. I am purely confident there are ways to stop lobbying. You know, such as banning donations from lobbyists to candidates during political campaigns. Hey, they can vote, make ads provided they indicate that they aren't affiliated with the candidate and all, but maybe we should start by hitting them in the pocketbook.
Taking away the money is in my view the best way to make people in politics honest. But I cannot in good conscience resort to brute force tactics such as banning a form of protected speech. We do want equality here, right?
I am shocked, simply shocked beyond despair
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$93 million every year goes to the base pay of the members of congress. Is it really public service for them to be there? If you can make $174,000 every year for sixty years then what reason really keeps senators and representatives working? It isn't from the goodness of their hearts. At least not the majority.
Term limits should be imposed on public offices. 300 million Americans shouldn't be controlled by a handful of people who don't truly have to answer for their actions.
I'm mostly disillusioned with the number of people who grab one talking point and ride it until it crumples into a heap of dust - and then they ride it some more.
