We need educated voters to get the kind of change we want. We do not have that

[NNN0LHI]

We have an electorate that picks its elected officials by who has the best slogans. Think about that. They aren't going to vote for the person who stands up and tries to explain exactly what is going on in a cognizant way. The person who does that is done. It won't work. Goes right over their head.

Remember Bush with his "Bring 'em back dead or alive?", and his approval ratings shot through the roof? Or his "The people who knocked over these buildings will hear all of us soon!", and just about every American couldn't wait for the bombs to start falling on some Arabs somewhere? They weren't really caring if we were dropping them on the right people or not. That was material. They just want to see someone, somewhere on their TV getting blown up and they just loved Bush.

See how that kind of stuff works? Short slogans like "You had better keep Grandma away from the death panels.", works too. Short and sweet. Never mind its bullshit. That makes no difference. Just phrase it correctly and you have a winner.

Republican know and understand this is the situation in America. If it requires any deep thinking whatsoever they know the Dems won't be able to sell anything to the American people. If it goes beyond sloganeering we are done. All the Republicans have to do is stand on the sidelines and keep sniping with their little slogans that are complete bullshit and they win. And they know it works every time.

What do we do about this? Any ideas?

Don

[Seedersandleechers]

1. A Revolution

The majority wanted to tax the upper 2 percent. The majority wanted a public option.

[Warpy]

2. There's all kinds of education

and voters are now being educated by the fact that doing all the right things and playing by the rules are still getting them kicked again and again. When there's nothing left to lose, they'll apply that education.

Remember, in when this happened before, an elementary school education was it, if you were lucky. You could read and do simple arithmetic, enough to get by, about where we are now. High school was reserved for the middle class, by and large, and university to the extremely wealthy so they could follow intellectual pursuits instead of sullying their hands with trade.

Getting kicked in the teeth repeatedly by a system you've believed in and supported all your life is the only education they're going to need. Sadly, it's the only education they're going to get.

[OneGrassRoot]

3. I agree. More people need to see the system for what it is...

and that it doesn't exist for our best interests.

Much of our political system is kabuki theater.

"The System Thinks We're Stupid"

And, to change the system, we need to -- somehow -- loosen the stranglehold of those who control the system, primarily multinational corporations and CEOs.

1. Work toward a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizen's United.

2. Media Reform

3. Campaign Finance Reform

Those are the three things that I keep coming back to which need to happen in order to start changing the system.