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Edited on Fri Nov-10-06 04:37 AM by BelgianMadCow
We all have lived for years now under an oppressive, secretive, fraudulent regime. Even with the media on a leash however, the "sheeple" have seen the light to a large enough extent to have confirmed the mandate of all the dems and threw out a bunch of repubs. When turnout is unusually great and people vote for the opposition, this is indeed a mandate for change.
But what change should that be?
I know I want the evil ROOTED OUT this time. Of course, then I am speaking about the crop of neocon leftovers from Iran-Contra. But getting rid of them in such a way that they can never come close to power again will not solve all problems.
I for one believe corporate donations and big money influence on policy, media consolidation and the military-industrial complex having a simply insane budget are at the heart of the matter and a big part of the status quo. And I am sorry to say so, but I do think the above issues touch the dems too, so just having the dems in power will not cut it.
The people who want change, aka the PROGRESSIVES, who are a MAJORITY now, should really demand changes to the system as well.
Media deconsolidation, the fairness doctrine reinstated and a radically different system of campaign finance come to mind. Personally, I'd like a system that makes multiple parties viable more than what you have now. We have coalition governments all the time here and the dynamics of that are much less black & white than the two party rule in the US.
What about YOU?
on edit : and besides demanding the change from others and the system, we should also change ourselves. Consumerism and individualism live in everyone of us to some extent, and is a major enabler of "evil".
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