Here we are stumbling toward a presidential election in the United States Empire between Trump and Clinton, Clinton and Trump. The powers that be, via their monopolized corporate media, will not let it become anything other than that. Jill Stein and Gary Johnson can be a sideshow, that third party nuisance, but the main attraction will stay the same, Trump vs. Clinton.

So we'll get one of them for President. Most likely Clinton. Nothing we can do about it. Getting too late for that. I suggested a boycott of the presidential election (note - that doesn't mean not voting at all) well over a year ago when the whole thing started. I thought we were going to get Bush vs. Clinton and what better time to tell our rulers they can shove them and this farcical political system we call "democracy".

Too late for that and the idea wasn't exactly catching on among those that vote. Among the 100 million plus that won't vote it was a great idea. "Ya mean we get to not vote and boycott too? I'm in!"

So how do We the Serfs deal with our new president? How do we deal with this political system that has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt to be corrupt, rigged, and in service of the oligarchy/plutocracy (plutarchy)?

Polls show Congress' approval rating among the Serfs has broken the Guiness Book of World Records category of worst political body in the Universe. Only 13-18% give Congress a thumbs up, mostly those aligned with the oligarchy. Everbody else is not particularly happy with how our "representatives" are representing. I'd say a large percentage are downright pissed. It's not just the politicians themselves, it IS the system.

I remember years ago while we lived under the Bush regime thinking why we couldn't get enough people together to accomplish ONE THING. I thought if we could accomplish just ONE THING, maybe that could snowball into two things, then three things and so on. Kind of like breaking the ice on something then the floodgates open.

What I had in mind at that time was ending U.S. imperialism. Specifically the wars started by the Bush regime in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Neverending Global War OF Terror. I wasn't as focused on U.S. imperialism as a whole at that time, more the Bush wars. But there's a helluva lot more to U.S. imperialism than those wars as we've seen since Bush, under Obama, with Russia and China now in the crosshairs.

The thing about U.S. imperialism is that it's so intertwined with the other major problems we Serfs face, including the financial oligarchy, the Trans Pacific Partnership and TTIP, climate change, the national debt, the U.S. economy, and of course our very liberty and freedom which has been usurped by the imperialist War OF Terror and the military/police state that now engulfs our lives.

If we could mount a legitimate challenge to U.S. imperialism, we might be able to topple the House of Cards. And that would impact the entire world and possibly humanity itself. If only we could stop the wars we would be doing the planet a great service.

The notorious imperialist Zbignew Brezinski is on record stating we're seeing the end of the American empire. Obviously those most vested in the Empire won't take that lying down. That's not how it works. But his changed position regarding American Empire signals perhaps an opportunity for We the Serfs to put the hammer down on U.S. imperialism.

Then there's Hillary Clinton. The primary criticism of Clinton from the left is that she's a warmonger, de facto war criminal, and could very well start WWIII. (more accurately advance WWIII, we are IN WWIII right now). She is considered by many as dangerous a person there is on the planet at this time and she's going to become President of the United States of Imperialism. (Anything can happen but that's how it looks now). Her becoming President literally guarantees more war, more regime changes and more killing.

If we can't stop her from becoming President, why don't we try to stop U.S. imperialism before she gets the keys? Or at least lay the groundwork for a sustained protest against U.S. imperialism starting the day she takes office. We already know what she's about, we know what she's capable of, those on the left (and right) that oppose her and U.S. imperialism should take that on NOW. Hillary Clinton as President presents a ready target against U.S. imperialism and a ready made way to protest her presidency.

Focusing on Jill Stein and the Green Party, or Gary Johnson and the Libertarian Party, which have no chance this election, is wasting time. For those that want to vote for her or him, Howard Zinn's approach to voting should be considered. There should be an All Hands on Deck approach to ending U.S. imperialism and preventing Hillary Clinton from killing more people in our names. Jill Stein herself would be better served helping lead such an effort.

There's an event from September 23-25 in Washington D.C. called "No War 2016". It's being held at American University. Many speakers, workshops and a culminating protest. It's only one event, we need much more. This is a way to attack the Clinton presidency and save the world.

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