Americans need to come to the realization...

[Martin Eden]

26. My **IDEOLOGY** right or wrong

Many Progressives find a lot of fault with the Democratic Party, and many Teapartiers find a lot of fault with the Republican Party. I don't think the bitter divisiveness in this country is based on party loyalty as much as it is on polarized ideologies. The two political parties that have a near monopoly on elective office are to a large extent the tools of a plutocracy which deliberately fosters the divisiveness in order to maintain its power over our government.

But, kentuck, you are absolutely correct in that the American people need to come to the realization they are being manipulated and ruled by the plutocracy and that our only hope for a better future is to work together to advance our own common interests.

The common folk of this country -- Progressive/Democrat Teapartier/Republican -- have to realize they/we have much more in common with each other than with the elites of money and power.

A great man once said A House divided against itself cannot stand. He was talking about the institution of slavery, but this also applies to the American people today. We are bitterly divided because the Powers That Be want it that way. Divide, conquer, and reap the spoils of our failing experiment in representative democracy.