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>The system is what it is, the golden rule applies, and to change the system, it would take prolonged civil war. I'd that what you want? I want people to wake

>The system is what it is, the golden rule applies, and to change the system, it would take prolonged civil war. I'd that what you want? I want people to wake up and realize that this is absolutely farcical. We still live in a democracy, and we still have the power to stop this behavior by 'the system'. It took generations of stupidity to get here and it will take generations to get us out, but, cynical as I am, I don't think all is lost. It takes waking up and walking out of jobs that do this sort of work. It takes jury nullification [1]. It takes thoughtful decisions by graduating seniors looking for work. It takes political education and civil protest and HARD WORK, but it doesn't require violence between the states. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification

codyb 13y ago
When former President Jimmy Carter is on the record stating America simply has no functioning democracy at this point, it might be more of an uphill battle than voting. And anyways, there's not much to vote for. I vote green because Republicans are terrible, Democrats at least seem to pretend they care but won't stop any of this, Libertarianism scares me. So even though I don't agree with everything the Green party says, at least it's different. But we don't have socialist factions really, or pirate party candidates yet. President Carter's quote: http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/17698-president-carter-says-america-has-no-functioning-democracy http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/17698-president-carter...