The Republican Party is NOT Sustainable

[ChiciB1]

34. While I Would Like To Make A Positive Comment In Favor

of the Democratic Party I no longer feel I have much faith in what ANY in D.C. can do for "we the people!" It's really up to the American people to get out and vote and make their voices heard. While I would prefer to think that people in this country will wake up to what's going on, I'm afraid it's going to take longer than not.

This country is much too absorbed in many more issues that entertain or are of a frivolous nature. While I've seen "some" stirring & awakening of the masses I'm not sure enough people are paying attention yet. Kind of liken it to "Rome Burning While Nero Fiddles!"

I've been an activist for such a long time and while I've seen upheavals and violence during and since Viet Nam, I don't think I've ever seen so much "navel gazing" until now. We are a seriously fractured people and much too uninformed of some really serious problems. And to those of us who try so hard to make them aware, so many times we see them more interested in Reality Programs, some of which are mind boggling to me. Like "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo!" HOW this show is still on is beyond my comprehension! And there are so many more like this.

When I began to realize that so, so many people don't even understand HOW our Government works my jaw dropped. People who didn't even know the difference between the Executive, Senate & House and what relevance they have to how our country runs. Let alone people who could even give me ONE name of a Supreme Court Justice!

At first I gave them the benefit of the doubt, thinking that their lives are so busy with jobs & family and felt it's difficult to keep up with so much going on. Yes, many people are overwhelmed each day just trying to get by, but after while taking a closer look I saw how little they knew. Then of course finding it so very hard to get people to register to vote. A basic right that's now in jeopardy and being eroded and taken away.

Yes, people in power are becoming stronger and stronger and we could be defined as an Oligarchy these days, but getting MORE PEOPLE involved and aware is really the FIRST step needed! Gossip, lies and blind faith will be the ruin of America, and we seem to be sinking down the rabbit hole faster and faster every day.

Sorry to be so cynical, but I sincerely wish I felt differently. And of course, this is just MY opinion. Still I don't feel that alone.