Reply #19: My wife and I came to this conclusion in 2004.

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"Investing emotional and intellectual energy in electoral politics is a waste of time. Resistance means a radical break with the formal structures of American society. We must cut as many ties with consumer society and corporations as possible. We must build a new political and economic consciousness centered on the tangible issues of sustainable agriculture, self-sufficiency and radical environmental reform."

In 2006, we sold everything, moved to The Woods, and as much as possible, stopped "CONSUMING".
Wall Street can live or die without our money or concern.

Next year, we will CONSUME even less.
Its a process.

One of our pledges in 2006 was to break the addiction to Political Websites dedicated to National Party Politics.
But, as you can see, we're still here.
The addiction was harder to break than we thought.
However, we have directed our funds & focus to local Humanitarian and Community Issues.