The Black Helicopter Left and Its Disconnect from the Constitution

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74. The writer of this article is blind to how things really work in 21st Century America

Which is a shame, because its really quite simple. The system of checks, balances, careful and cautious discussion and the democratic process are for you.

The real system, that of drone strikes, extra-judicial killings, militarised police depts. filled with pudgy seal-6 wannabes, uncounted civilian casualties, of family dog shootings and a general "we'll do whatever we feel like until the outrage becomes so great we're forced to pacify the unwashed masses with a few token promises of reform," is for them.

The systems collide when the outrage from the former prompts smarmy, condescending assurances from the latter that everything will be fine if you'll just work within the system - the same system that has failed so spectacularly in preventing the abuses in the first place.

Phrases like "joining the conversation" are meaningless drivel in light of the general failure of the democratic process over the last decade and a half, and clearly another tactic is needed. Congress could be forced for fear of their jobs to start holding feet to the fire, but I'm afraid that would take a great deal more grass roots electioneering and pressure than most people are capable of.

It would also involve the deposing of a few prominent D's who appear to have been turned into something approximating Tolkienesque wringwraiths by the intoxicating exercise of power.