Matt Taibbi: Democrats Will Learn All the Wrong Lessons From Brush With Bernie

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164. Please enlighten us on how people should educate themselves and participate in the

electoral process. The #1 employer in this country is Wal-Mart and they pay their workers jack with no benefits. Our public education system has been gutted and higher education is unaffordable. The media that is charged with reporting the news but spends most of its time on spin and non-stories. Voter ID laws have made it a pain to vote (limiting number of early voting days, closing down precincts, make getting ID's a mission, etc.) in addition to voter purges, voting anomalies (affiliation magically getting switched), and broken machines. Not to mention the cost of rising cable and internet services thanks to competition dwindling to a few providers.

So between earing a measly wage, expensive education, sensationalized airwaves, a corrupt voting system, and rising costs of living how exactly is the average Joe supposed to make an informed decision when everyone is lying to them and keeping them down? There's a reason why the voting participation rate is at 53.6% with 84.3% of the population registered to vote.