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In reply to the discussion: WillyT has been banned. [View all]billhicks76
(5,082 posts)My biggest issue besides economic inequality and corruption is the perversion of the justice system. Mass incarceration and the drug war is what makes us a police state and mass spying is the tool as it is at the highest levels of our society where people's private data is used to blackmail them. Judges judge a certain way, journalists write a certain way, generals attack a certain way, attorneys argue a certain way, activists protest a certain way etc etc when they have personal information leveraged against them. This is why you see so many inexplicable flip-flops these days. Its called blackmail and it affects our leaders as much as it does low-level drug distributors. Our society is cracking. I have been around long enough to know Hillary is as much a part of the problem as any Bush (who she fawns over and is proud to be called an honorary member of their family). And Bernie was labeled a racist by many Clintonites on DU so you are wrong. And it is relevant that she exploited racist imagery against Obama in 2008...you are wrong there too. I'll be curious to see if the national security establishment takes out Trump. Bernie can still win as can Hillary and either will defeat Trump although Hillary has a bigger disadvantage there. The Rethugs are going to run a 3rd Party candidate. A lot can happen and Im curious what would happen if Clinton's email scandal gained more traction. I doubt it will because she is the only real ally of the security state left and they would be shooting themselves in the foot going after her. But the law is the law...just ask Petraus.