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Realist's avatar

"Jeffrey Sachs recently endorsed Jill Stein for president."

He is wise and intelligent, but his endorsement is a facade. He knows that the electoral process will not solve our problems.

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Selina Sweet's avatar

Odd. You imply Sach's endorsement is merely an ego attempt at manipulation and his endorsement disingenuous - a "facade." Couldn't his endorsement for Stein be viewed alternatively as a choice for someone who most reflects his own considered judgment and values? An act of integrity? Consider for a moment a couple recent examples of the power of the "vote." Amazon's Long Island warehouse bows to the voice of the workers under Chris Smalls; and three big auto manufacturers bow to the voice of the workers under Shawn Fein. The money behind the riggers - from the same fraternity as corporate owned media platforms - want us to share your disparagement of the right to vote. Witness: the money being poured into Blue State legislatures to disenfranchise us. Why invest money in restricting the vote if the vote is meaningless? An attitude contrary to the one you possess just might be the ticket to disempowering the riggers. "When comparing turnout among the voting-age population in recent national elections in 50 countries, the U.S. ranks 31st." (Pew Research). Feet on the ground (yours and mine) and neighbor to neighbor contact empowers the vote. And reduces the power of the riggers' monied advertising influence.

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Realist's avatar

"Couldn't his endorsement for Stein be viewed alternatively as a choice for someone who most reflects his own considered judgment and values?"

Only if he is stupid and thinks the electoral process works.

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Selina Sweet's avatar

Your viewpoint and attitude is crystal clear.

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The Underdog's avatar

Coming from the folks that bring you "rigged" and "stolen" comes "just vote again, it'll work this time".

The way to beat a scam is to walk away.

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Realist's avatar

"Coming from the folks that bring you "rigged" and "stolen" comes "just vote again, it'll work this time".

The way to beat a scam is to walk away."

Exactly...Vote harder.

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Selina Sweet's avatar

You are definitely not a woman. Women were conditioned to "walk away" again, again, and again. Until we decided to stop fading away like good little girls aged 36 were supposed to do. And the feminist movement burgeoned. Voting must be accompanied by on-going daily and weekly activism. With a void (walking away) the opposition will fill it.

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Realist's avatar

"Women were conditioned to "walk away" again, again, and again. Until we decided to stop fading away like good little girls aged 36 were supposed to do. And the feminist movement burgeoned. Voting must be accompanied by on-going daily and weekly activism. With a void (walking away) the opposition will fill it."

How's that strategy working out for the betterment of humanity?

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Realist's avatar

"Your viewpoint and attitude is crystal clear."

Good, that is what I aim for.

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The Revolution Continues's avatar

But it's the only game in town at this point. You got a big enough army, navy, air force, marines and space force of your own to take on the whole of the US government? No? That's what I thought. Stay home and suck your thumb in a corner then while the adults take a stand for what is moral and true.

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The Underdog's avatar

"You got a big enough army, navy, air force, marines and space force of your own to take on the whole of the US government? No?"

Such arrogance. Afghanistan, Vietnam and Korea beat the shit out of the US government. They didn't have a navy, airforce or space force.

What are you going to do government bootlicker? Fight both us and the Russians at the same time? You can't even defend Ukraine.

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Realist's avatar

"But it's the only game in town at this point."

Only an idiot would participate in a rigged game.

"Stay home and suck your thumb in a corner then while the adults take a stand for what is moral and true."

Sucking your thumb is much better than what you are sucking.

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gypsy33's avatar

You ain’t dissing TRC on my watch.

I’m not always a bitch. Oh wait, yeah I am. Go fuck yourself.

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