It doesn't matter if people vote according to their conscience. That does not change the fact that the entire system is not being run by who we see. Even if the very best person got voted in, they would never be allowed to make real, progressive changes that would benefit the people. They would be made to look corrupt and probably would be corrupt in a fairly short time.
"That does not change the fact that the entire system is not being run by who we see."
If all people voted their conscience, the powerful would see right quick there's a problem. More importantly, so would the rest of us.
If the "best person" was not permitted to act, people should go to the streets, en masse. The U.S., however, appears to have *the worst* political insouciance of any ostensible democracy.
"They would be made to look corrupt and probably would be corrupt in a fairly short time." -- Not if people pay close attention. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure these things out.
The problem, simply, is peoples' comfort, subservience, and herd behavior. Not the opportunities that political slimeballs take advantage of.
the powerful would not give a flying f**k if there was a problem. Just as long as they were still in power one way or another. Dissenters would be arrested at worst, ignored at best.
sure. and they could put everyone who expressed dissent in jail. We need to get better organized in order to hold them accountable and it will not be a straighforward simple procedure
It doesn't matter if people vote according to their conscience. That does not change the fact that the entire system is not being run by who we see. Even if the very best person got voted in, they would never be allowed to make real, progressive changes that would benefit the people. They would be made to look corrupt and probably would be corrupt in a fairly short time.
"That does not change the fact that the entire system is not being run by who we see."
If all people voted their conscience, the powerful would see right quick there's a problem. More importantly, so would the rest of us.
If the "best person" was not permitted to act, people should go to the streets, en masse. The U.S., however, appears to have *the worst* political insouciance of any ostensible democracy.
"They would be made to look corrupt and probably would be corrupt in a fairly short time." -- Not if people pay close attention. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure these things out.
The problem, simply, is peoples' comfort, subservience, and herd behavior. Not the opportunities that political slimeballs take advantage of.
the powerful would not give a flying f**k if there was a problem. Just as long as they were still in power one way or another. Dissenters would be arrested at worst, ignored at best.
Sure, they wouldn't care; they're psycho-/socio-paths. But they could be held accountable.
sure. and they could put everyone who expressed dissent in jail. We need to get better organized in order to hold them accountable and it will not be a straighforward simple procedure