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RiverLover

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17. If we had 75% voter turnout, we'd still have most candidates purchased by Moneyed Interests, &

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2015, 04:46 AM

May 2015

we'd still have Plutocracy. We are not represented, corporations & billionaires are. Voting won't change that, only changing our corrupt election campaign & lobbying systems can bring back Democracy.

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Democracy: Do we REALLY want it? [View all] MineralMan May 2015 OP

Oh, well...It seemed like a good question. MineralMan May 2015 #1

I'd Agree... We Need Teach-Ins... TPTB Count On Low Voter Turn-Out, And... WillyT May 2015 #2

It should be easier, but we're still not doing it. MineralMan May 2015 #3

I have a bad feeling that if they all voted treestar May 2015 #4

Do you? MineralMan May 2015 #6

Well maybe not treestar May 2015 #12

Read post 7, because it is more complicated than just that nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #13

I'm not really sure how to up voter participation. GGJohn May 2015 #5

I'm not sure either. MineralMan May 2015 #8

I suspect that those that would be opposed would be Republicans, GGJohn May 2015 #9

I think you might be surprised, if people actually MineralMan May 2015 #10

Not me. GGJohn May 2015 #11

Nope, we don't nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #7

I sometimes think about Jamaal510 May 2015 #14

Because most Americans... sendero May 2015 #15

Democracy is not the same thing as voter turnout. Donald Ian Rankin May 2015 #16

If we had 75% voter turnout, we'd still have most candidates purchased by Moneyed Interests, & RiverLover May 2015 #17

I say "who's 'we'"? nt Bonobo May 2015 #18