Here's the ONLY way to take back America from the 1%. VOTE.

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54. You have history and modern oligarchies on your side

Riqster is confusing citizen involvement with voting. Oligarchies are never brought down by voting alone, and I am betting he is not including in the vote the bums out one of the two parties. (Then I would give him points for commitment). But he is not.

The one percent loves this sum of all involvement equals voting, since it means nothing else. He is also approaching it the wrong way. What we need is things like Moral Mondays to go nationwide. Occupy also has led to a lot more of the kind of citizen involvement that the oligarchy fears.

Voting usually is secondary but will come after people do things like get arrested for civil rights.

But to people like riqster the solution is very simple and they point as evidence the voting suppression laws. Those are insurance by local oligarchies who also control, ultimately, who gets on the ballot.

We cover local politics. We know how disengaged the American people are from sausage making. I mean people piss and moan about education and schools, go ahead and ask your neighbors, do you know who is on the school board? Hell, you know where the school board meets?

The same applies for city council.

Yesterday we covered a rep coffee with citizens. She just happens to be mine, but this is an opportunity for people to talk to their Assembly Member in Sacramento, including press, there were twenty people at best.

So when riqster raises this vote will solve all, I laugh. He has no idea what forces are involved. I was cynical before. After occupy and covering local politics far worst. The asshats we cover walk the streets every day, and local interests still make them dance like puppets. Every member of the council knows these special interests have a megaphone is they vote the wrong way. And the little independent media is called the Penny Saver by even people here on DU that should know better.