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36. K&R The political system has been changed,

Thu Nov 6, 2014, 10:05 PM

Nov 2014

but we are propagandized to believe we are still operating in the old system.

We are in a post-democratic, post-partisan era of government (despite all theater and propaganda to the contrary). Both parties have been corrupted by Wall Street money and are quietly working together behind the scenes to advance Wall Street's agenda.

The real political game is not what they tell us it is. Red versus Blue is a distraction, tool, and a manipulation. They depend on us to trust in a system that doesn't exist anymore.

We need to unite on policy, not party.

Thank you for this. The people are right. The most important threads on DU right now, IMO:

(1)

Ignore Third Way diversion and spin
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025767160

(2)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025776260
(not really about Obama, but about how politics in America have changed and are not what we're told they are)

(3)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025776332
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025776965
glaring evidence for (2)

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53% Think Neither Political Party Represents the American People [View all] grahamhgreen Nov 2014 OP

And they are right. People are only represented as an aside. djean111 Nov 2014 #1

I'm surprised it is that low. woo me with science Nov 2014 #2

47% are deluded. Fuddnik Nov 2014 #10

That 47%... Dopers_Greed Nov 2014 #13

How? Money. We let the Plutocrats take over. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #3

And 100% of those people are 85% correct. n/t Orsino Nov 2014 #4

but what are those people going to do about it? hfojvt Nov 2014 #5

Oh yes they have a plan marions ghost Nov 2014 #22

by living in an echo chamber Puzzledtraveller Nov 2014 #6

That is an unreasonable demand treestar Nov 2014 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #8

Oh, they have a plan alright, Dems and Repugs. Actually, it's more of a script I think though. NorthCarolina Nov 2014 #9

This is the reality we have to deal with whatchamacallit Nov 2014 #11

Why not change our elections to a "Vote of Confidence?" Island Deac Nov 2014 #12

Trouble is that the office-holders aren't making their own decisions FiveGoodMen Nov 2014 #18

Out of a survey of 1000 people - TBF Nov 2014 #14

The agenda is to do only enough to keep the people from getting pitchforks. n/t Bonhomme Richard Nov 2014 #15

Well, gee, 1% of the population controls 40% of the wealth and 10% controls KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #16

We can blame the corporate whore Third Way/New Democrats/DLC/Blue Dogs for this... Zorra Nov 2014 #17

Even here on this site FiveGoodMen Nov 2014 #19

I must agree. grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #25

Misinformation Rules DallasNE Nov 2014 #20

It's because the young people stayed home. Obama voters who see him as a sell out to Big War, and grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #21

The youth are the key, what has to happen to make politics as important to them as tweeting randys1 Nov 2014 #26

Well when you have corporate Dems acting like Republicans and Phlem Nov 2014 #23

I'd like to ask that same crowd just who they believe "the American people" are Blue_Tires Nov 2014 #24

That's 53% of VOTERS Man from Pickens Nov 2014 #27

What am I missing? CrispyQ Nov 2014 #28

that means the Dems have to redouble their efforts to highlight how many GOP programs they've passed MisterP Nov 2014 #29

I would point out that those 53% likely include a range of Skidmore Nov 2014 #30

Both parties represent the Capitalist Class, not the Working Class. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #31

+ 1,000 swilton Nov 2014 #32

This bigwillq Nov 2014 #33

but but but LiberalElite Nov 2014 #35

To be honest I haven't LiberalElite Nov 2014 #34

K&R The political system has been changed, woo me with science Nov 2014 #36