Too many stand aside and rail at Democrats, call them corporate puppets and ignore local politics where this meme is pushed daily. It's pushed to the point the liberals and progressives are unable to advertise their product - which is government is for everyone, not a foe, not a burden, but OF ALL OF US.
I see at DU daily posts that say Democrats are part and parcel of a failed government, that we don't have control or voice, that unnamed or dramatically termed forces are running this, not us. The same voices that offer only grief and despair, along with a strong serving of disdain and spite, will never see anything that Obama and Dems do as enough. The GOP is powerful enough now without the sabotage.
We have a lot of people here, and in this nation, who want the system to collapse. For their idea of revolution and a return to nature, for some sort of community idea that they believe government is keeping them from achieving. Is it government, or is it the groups in society that they are afraidto deal with, then blame government?
The suspension of rules on the CT postings in the main forums is a good thing to make people who continously call Obama the sell-out, traitor to us all, call Democrats spineless, and both parties are the exact same, explain just what they want. Do they want a government of the people, when the only party that believes in it is the Democratic Party, not the outliers, the libertarians, etc. who want this government gone and out of their way?
Yes, we have big problems and they require either big government, or a magical changing of the hearts and minds of everyone. They've have to change to believe that every single person, including millions they don't even want to share the highways with, much their income or neighborhood, will happen.
Until that time, the Democratic Party and the government it is known for working within is our best bet. The other side are betting on us not voting and blowing it all off.
We have not had a chance in major media to make our case, and are not likely to have, any time soon. We have major programs that affect the lives of many, many millions of Americans, but the only things are said about them is people are getting screwed or they won't exist - just like conservatives have been saying since they began.
Govenment has become a dirty word, and that's reality. Part of that is the reality of the social contract. Many of us hate the MIC, but it's part of it. Those who adore and get money from it, hate social welfare programs. It is out of balance, but like it or not, it is the same animal. It one that we have either run from or refused it exists, but it does. Some want the entire government gone to get rid of the MIC, want default, want chaos because they think that somehow there will be a liberal, progressive system replace. I'd say the chances of that are NIL. Liberal and progressive means working within the system, not howling for the government's destruction.
It's why public workers, services, schools, parks and the rest are being stolen without a peep. Take a look around at local political offices and programs, watch who is involved in government. It is, and always will be WeThePeople. If not the Democrats, it will be the Republicans/Tea Partiers or Libertarians. It will be there, in some form or another.
Just my two cents.
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