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In reply to the discussion: Would You Call THIS Treason? [View all]Javaman
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to have an active an healthy democracy the voting population has to take an aggressive active part.
We as a nation do not.
we would rather complain and let someone else fix it.
as a result, people allowed the fairness act to be repealed and no one said a word, especially we democrats because we were all so in love with good old Bill. glass-stegal went the way of the dinosaurs and not a peep from anyone one of us. We all trusted Bill. Those are just two very glaring examples.
and regarding electronic voting, yes, many people made a huge stink about it, but were their protests and riots aside from florida to keep our voting properly accounted for? Nope. we all just sat by and watched, thinking that it will all work out. In a real democracy were people take an active roll, the voting would have been stopped, the election suspended until proper procedure followed in order to count all the votes and stood for the "hanging chad" bullshit. Instead, the people of this nation, sat back and watched as the supreme court decided who was president and not the people. not only were the people complacent, but the supreme court should have done it's job and said, "no fucking way, this is for the people to decide, not us", but alas, they broke constitutional law for stupid expedience.
while we had been living under the guise of a democracy up until that point, we ceased being one after that point.
if they supremes can step in once, I can guarantee you, they will again. and people then really won't give a shit, because they will think that's how it's done "according to the constitution", via brain washing from our enabling media. all other protesters, who know better, will be shouted down my the moron majority.
this is the nation we live in. perpetual war that is now decided via fiat without congressional approval or a charade by those in congress who love to go along to get along.
again, this is why I am voting for Bernie. He read the patriot act and voted against it. I paid attention and gave a critical eye at the "evidence" and voted against going to war in Iraq.
while hillary will continue to make her excuses to the masses that are willing to go along to get along, I will not stomach it. Neither will those who know better. but don't worry she has her excuse squad out there to make sure we are the crazy ones.
I'm probably one of a very small group of people who feels this passionate about this. I refuse to vote for her. I just can't. I have to stop giving the machine it's fuel.