A very empty and sick man has been given power to enough to ensure the extinction of our species. An entire Nation allowed him to have this power. Many in that Nation are foolish enough to excuse themselves because they did not vote for him. It is this level of lack of understanding that made him president.
I got this link from a highly intelligent acquaintance. I invite you to watch it in full. It is hopeful, and also explains the craziness and panic in this absurd election. Both candidates are in the pocket of people who have borrowed massive money and speculated. "Energy independence" was always a joke: they just want to siphon off all U.S. assets for private gain: this is also related to TPP.
I cast a protest vote on Tuesday night, but it wasn't my presidential vote. I voted for Jill Stein because she was the best of the four candidates who were mathematically capable of winning the presidency. I voted for Jill Stein because I wanted the Green Party to cross the 5% national threshold to receive federal matching funds.
Last week we learned about Palast's new documentary,
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We lost because our coalition broke down. It broke down because the Democratic party has abandoned a key constituency, failing to fight for its interests while nominally paying lip service to their concerns.
Well, here we are again. Time for an open thread! Yippee! What’s on your mind? The election? Your roof?
The election and Democrats
And to be completely honest, I am scared shitless. The only time in my life I have been this scared is 1961, Kennedy and Khrushchev. I have the same feeling in my gut, and have had it ever since the announcement.
I voted for Jill Stein when she ran against Obama, gave money to Bernie when he ran in the primary, voted for Stein and other Greens by mail awhile back.
Like others here still not happy with the way things turned out with the Sanders campaign and especially not happy with how the DNC did what they did.
Found a new Dutch documentary via Twitter today that was interesting.
The role of elections in the system we live in is to distract people from the hard job of surviving the crushing imperialistic oligarchy that dominates everything. It is working very well one more time.
Let us start by recognizing that fascism and imperialism are the epitome of the reductionist philosophy. Break a complex whole into parts and lose the reality of the whole while being fascinated by the parts. Elections are but a part of this scheme, but a central part.
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