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Originally Posted by Orionskies
.... I think it is the politician's too busy arguing about their opposed ideologies
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Yes
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Originally Posted by Orionskies
and ignoring the real people's needs
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Originally Posted by Orionskies
and an ignorant, selfish and fearful electorate looking for easy answers.
Julian
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I can't agree entirely-
Yes we do look for easy answers and are fearful (at times). A fear played on by the media, with an incessant number of bad news stories under the control of corporations that also run the government. We have a chance (Laugh) to have a say in politics at election time every few years. We have a choice of one or two or so of candidates (puppets) both OWNED by / beholding to the corporations.
It was the politicians (those left behind in the case of the 2017 US Election) who were/are ignorant of the people's views and desires for the future in this case. They did not listen to or effectively address the voice of the people and instead sought their own way, driven by their multinational corporate interests in the selfish frenzy that is modern politics.
BTW I'm not saying those that made it in to power aren't so driven or similarly compromised. They just communicated a vision which the people preferred.
In general & for the future:
A first step, for me would be that .....
THERE SHOULD BE NO POLITICAL DONATIONS.
All funds for a campaign, advertising, etc... given some qualifying conditions, should be provided (proportioned somehow), by we the people only from state funds. Any other sources should be illegal (including one's own funds, facebook donations, etc...) and immediate grounds for dismissal (along with any misappropriations of funds/travel/helicopters
.....).
In a democracy all votes are not equal.
In a democracy only money is equal.
Get the right people with money and you can get a good democracy, a fair country you are happy to live in.
Get the wrong people with the right (wrong) multinationals and our democracy starts to resemble fascism.
We need to get money out of power and people in to power. Now that's something you usually get assassinated for !
Best
JA