Tim Wise: Of Broken Clocks, Presidential Candidates, and the Confusion of Certain White Liberals

[TheKentuckian]

98. What the fuck is the deal with the no accountability and no responsibility for elected officials

We elect people to do nothing (or even plenty of shit we stridently disagree with) but it is the most important thing ever that they be elected and if we really want anything to be done (or even stoo the heinous shit) we have to shut down the system that the most important thing in the world is to prop it up.

There is also fear and that fear is driven by the issues he admits need to be addressed won't be except by the delusional institutional racist giving the impression to too many that that is the only way to them leading to the popularity of a toxic and unworkable ideology increasing so he must flog a largely imaginary dead horse.

His answer is for the people to shut the motherfucker down until those pulling the strings knuckle under rather than to force representation from the fuckers we are paying and vote for or even to expect such. Afterall, that ain't their job (for whatever reason), they are omnipotent hood ornaments or some such.

I also don't understand the confidence that civil rights can be maintained as civil liberties are erroded?
Being disappeared or murdered on a man's whim regardless of race, gender, orientation, religion, or creed rings hollow to me. Nothing to do with Paul who would kick such power down to the Governor, Mayor, CEO, or bossman. Same with the drug war. The hot wars may be ruled by the same jacked up delusions but in real world terms such a swich over would require a tremendous paradigm shift, mostly of the corporations footing the bills and having to work the inducements to bring in the fodder and the profit center for all the hardware without leaning on notions of patriotism. I don't think the libertarian ideology applies in ways that those that profit from and drive the war machine would prefer at all, even resource wars must be socialized to turn massive profits. You can run the merc scam for the personnel to an extent but there is no real way to replace all of those hard billions each and every year or the fervor of nation. None the less, the undertow would suck down everything else the Federal government does with it.

No, there is no belief in an ideology that was dead on arrival, despite being born in a time when slavery, monopoly, and a complete lack of functional oversight were easy options for those so inclined.

I think the guy that wrote the piece is to smart to participate in this bogus ass argument that has to override clear declaration to even have a reason to exist other than the political equivalent of putting your fingers in your ears and screaming. I also think he is too bright for all the privileged position stuff when he examines peoples motivations based on their arguments on a position. While fully aware of the institutionalized racial oppression, at this point an end is goal not fairness. Understanding the whys would seem to bring the understanding that that which is built on such a foundation is beyond any redemption, his sense of the issues is correct but not always the only or even the most important reasoning.

If you want to oppose the right answers for the wrong reasons, I can respect that but getting bugged about different good reasons (even without particular consideration to yours) is beyond my range or desire for such. I almost want to say he at least infers that you are akin to the wrong reason, I'm not sure but am left with the question for sure.