Good way of putting it. A fight between nativist fascism and imperialist neoliberalism is not my fight either.

We're a country, a society, in need of some kind of intervention. Even Putin is cracking wise with a little bit of common sense thrown in there:

“Does anyone seriously think that Russia can somehow influence the choice of the American people?” Putin wondered during a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi on Thursday.

“Is America some sort of a banana republic?” he asked rhetorically. “America is a great state. Correct me, please, if I’m wrong."

gjohnsit tells us about the International Criminal Court opening an investigation of United States war crimes in Afghanistan. Assange is exposing the sick levels of corruption and privilege in our elite as if any of us thought they were serving the public anyway.

Will enough of us listen? If we don't change course, there's likely a nasty future in front the country.

"Complicity through inaction." You may not be aiding in the crime, but by not doing anything to prevent it when you have the capability, you may as well be.

beside the terrible two who have a realistic shot at victory. For the voter it should be more about expressing a preference than picking a winner. How else are we ever going bring better candidates forward?

Voting for either Donald or Hillary is an expression of acquiescence to a terrible future.

be worth. But Assange has said, Trump will not be allowed to win. Just like Bernie was not allowed to win. In my state I have noted a lot of initiatives on the ballot. It seems there are more and more every year. This indicates to me that our duly elected legislature is not getting the peoples work done. Only the work of their corporate masters. Sad set of circumstances we find our country in. I can only hope that the votes won't be manipulated to the point that the Green's don't achieve 5%.

anything as bizarre and disgusting as this so called election. I have always voted although twice I could not stomach my choices. Obama 2012 I voted for Stein, and in Big Dogs second term election I wrote in Governor Moonbeam Jerry Brown. This time around it's totally surreal and scary. People say We can't let this crazy man have his fingers anywhere near the nukes. Well how about the war criminal psycho killer Killary?

Ever since 9/11 Americans seem so fear riddled that they chicken little out over the stupidest most unbelievable things. Even when presented with the truth straight from the horse's mouth in the e-mail and speeches leaks and dumps they refuse to let go of their belief that somehow the Clinton's liberal and the victim of a vast conspiracy. Today I read over and over that the FBI is Trumpland and Comey is the latest agent provocateur to interfere with our election process. It's madness on every level. How can the Dems. scream about sexual deviancy when on the Democratic side we have pervy Bill Clinton and Anthony Wiener in play.

I am voting for Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka. I am also voting down ballot for no Democrats. Greens, Indies or socialists will get my vote. Why would any self-respecting human want anything to do with this lot? Are they all suffering from Stockholm Syndrome or are they so invested in Blue vs. Red that they cannot admit they have been duped? Reality based my ass. This is not inevitable it is an unbelievable badly told horror story. Amazing to me that anyone will vote for either of these scary monsters. I'll vote 3rd party and then participate in civil disobedience, participate in demonstrations and work hard to organize opposition party's and organizations.

One of the volunteers commented that people did not look cheerful. I started to say, "Just be grateful you got my resting bitch face because I am ready to bite someone" but my dear husband was with me so I stayed calm. When I was given my ballot, I loudly asked, "Do I need to use capital letters to write in a candidate?" Wrote in Jill Stein(as did husband) and voted yes on two local bond issues, took phone photos of all other races left blank. Any further mailings I receive from the Democratic Party will get copies of those snaps and a reminder that my son will turn 18 next year and he isn't happy with his choices, either.

And Goin South labels it, a bit more aptly "nativist fascism", but both miss the fascist nature of the neoliberal empire.

Look at the lockstep of dKos and the Democratic Party. It's off the charts authoritarian. Makes Drumpf voters look like open-minded empaths.

All the lockstep is coming from the Democrats. Neoliberal empire is going to require mass acquiescence to neoliberal authority. Neoliberal, global fascism, is what we're fighting when we fight against Hillary.

Dabashi's commentary (especially since I live in New York) very closely mirrors my own sentiments this year. Best damn thing I've read in awhile! Thanks very much for bringing this front and center here at C99P.

Dabashi's rationale for not voting is as follows:

...We are now all free from the delusion of electoral politics, refuse to lend credence to either of these two bankrupt factions of the single political party that, like the one in North Korea, wishes but cannot rule over us. They go their way and we go ours.

To me, this is exactly the opposite of what should be done. I agree with his analyses of the problems but not his solution. His solution is resignation and surrender.

To alter the status quo, there are basically only two ways to accomplish this, other than awaiting the ultimate crash due to never-ending greed of the elites.

1. Vote your conscience, not your fears, and hopefully work within the system to Gradually change it--e.g., slowly strengthening the Greens. Attempting to change politics from within the Democratic party will never happen.

2. Violent revolution. A slow crescendo is mounting against this corrupt government, some of which are justifiable, such as the peaceful Standing Rock Sioux et. al. against violent State-enforced destruction of health, welfare, sustainability of an entire culture. But there are unjustifiable, but nevertheless undeniably violent objections to State power by assassinations of law enforcement officers in several cities.

Watch as each of these types of overt resistance become more common over the next few months. The balance of violent versus non-violent will determine the course of national destiny.

My preference is peace, which will not be achieved by the abject surrender to the powers of evil by not voting.