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Britton Leo Kerin's avatar

Here are a couple things the public will never explicitly support:

A. Opaque institutions

B. No real voting power for themselves

A only happens because of B. The public *already* understands the problem with A perfectly well, and all the particular issues the public *is* confused about are downstream of it.

The root problem is that the public has little awareness of and almost no idea how to fix B. B is the focus of more intensive and unwavering propaganda than any other issue. Conscientious people end up reinforcing this propaganda when they encourage voting on their issues of concern. It seems worth talking about.

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unwarranted's avatar

I have stated this before, but the TV is a big problem. It’s a funnel for propaganda, and the whole assumption that candidates have to amass huge savings to “compete” is prima facie evidence that elections are fake. In 2016, Sanders proved the fakery by internet electoral success. If Cornel West can learn from Sanders, and conduct a stealth campaign, and possibly win, he will be met with throngs of support and a wall of impediments from the deep state. That would open category B for discussion.

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