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| Same Bird |
I've been thinking we need a new political party, one that is not beholden to the established order. I think there are enough people who are appalled by our current regime that a new party might be viable. There are probably just as many as the number of true believers supporting the current regime. (I'm talking about the 3% of the population that actually thinks about these things. The rest of the people have other, better things to do with their time.) Problem is that the current regime is well entrenched. They have established mechanisms for funding their propaganda. If we wanted to push the old regime out and supplant it with our new, improved system, we would need funding on a massive scale. Elon Musk might be a start, but Elon by himself is not going to be able to push Lockheed aside.
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| Biden the Puppet |
There are basically two methods of running a country. One is a meritocracy where a man's success is determined by his ability, effort, clear thinking and luck. The other is the mafia where you have two levels of society, one level that works are tries, and another that siphons off as much as they want off of the top. Most of the world operates under the second system. I like to think that American government used to be a meritocracy but for the last, I dunno, 70 years?, has been turning into their own particular flavor of mafia.
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| Mencken and the inner soul of the people |
If we were going to form a new political party, we would need some kind of manifesto, some guidelines, a list of principles that we are willing to adhere to. One item might be no more catering to special interests. Hammering that out while trying to enlist billionaire supporters might take ten years.
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| Psychopaths |
And pushing out the old guard would take a long time. We could start small with representatives from out of the way states and work our way up.
Who am I kidding? There have been upstart political parties since the dawn of time and none have made any headway against the established order. Evidently building a new political party with enough power to change things is dang near impossible.
Ask someone wearing their "I voted" sticker who they voted for and they can readily name the President or Governor who was the top of the ticket that election. But the other possibly dozens of people they voted for they don't have a clue. State, county, local, school board, dog catcher... DUH.
ReplyDeleteThe voters don't care, they won't spend the time and money to find out who's running or what they stand for. The lower level candidates don't even bother making promises they won't keep, all their efforts are lying about their opponent. But nobody cares because all trouble is caused by the White House resident. I got a flat tire... President's fault. Timmy caught a cold... President's fault.