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Originally Posted by Cretaceous Bob
Oh yeah, you're totally right, America has just been boiling over with political dissatisfaction and feelings of disenfranchisement for decades. What can we do? The rich buy ads on TV and campaign! The sovereign political power of the will of the people is no match for that.
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Somehow, I'm reading this as sarcasm.
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I can show you millions of Americans who have disgustingly and self-aggrandizingly convinced themselves that they are doing their country a service by voting for a bad candidate, but I can't show you a single person that America would have voted for more than Obama or McCain.
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"aggrandizingly?" What does that mean? I don't delude myself that I'm "doing the country a service", I just vote on my personal views, which is what is supposed to happen.
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When the people in power make bad decisions and adversely affect this country, I ask, "How did we get here? I never wanted that." You and the vast majority of America cannot say that with honesty, and that's why we can't have anything better.
The problem isn't that the rich won't provide you something good to vote for, the problem is that they bought your integrity and you don't want it back.
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I have asked that question on many occasions. However, I spend much more of my time worrying about just getting to the next paycheck. I will never have the opportunity to run for office, nor will 99% of the population. To be able to run for office (I'm considering state legislature and above) is an expensive venture. And to advertise your opinions in a public environment is either expensive (ads, etc.) or in the form of a protest. And protesters do get viewed in a negative light.