BILL MOYERS: We are so close to losing our democracy to the mercenary class

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30. I wish this last thought where so,.

The journalists who could tell us these things rarely do – and some, never. They aren’t blind, simply bedazzled. Watch the evening news – any evening news – or the Sunday talk shows. Listen to the chit-chat of the early risers on morning TV -- and ask yourself if you are learning anything about how this town actually works.

William Greider, one of our craft’s finest reporters, fierce and unbought, despite a long life in Washington once said that no one can hope to understand what is driving political behavior without asking the kind of gut-level questions politicians ask themselves in private: “Who are the winners in this matter and who are the losers? Who gets the money and who has to pay? Who must be heard on this question and who can be safely ignored?”

Perhaps they don’t ask these questions because they fear banishment from the parties and perks, from the access that passes as seduction in this town.

Or perhaps they do not tell us these things because they fear that if the system were exposed for what it is, outraged citizens would descend on this town, and tear it apart with their bare hands.

Sadly, it is exposed over and over, and on many levels, and still the bulk of the people just don't have time to do a damn thing about it. No decent on Washington, no pitchforks and torches, just more of the same.

It appears the system is perfect, in keeping opposition at bay. Perhaps this has something to do with the NSA and the corporate-mercenary system that squashes all real opposition. Bill should be careful, I have seen him grow increasingly truth based in his commentary, I see a car wreck or sudden death by "natural" causes in his sort term future. Like I said they have this system worked out to the 9s.