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>Its not clear that they have "won", in an endgame sense. We'll see after the next election. If a whole bunch of incumbent security hawks and war hawks aren't
by fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
>Its not clear that they have "won", in an endgame sense.
We'll see after the next election. If a whole bunch of incumbent security hawks and war hawks aren't unseated by civil libertarians, then we're probably out of chances.
- mcguire 13y agoPlease let us know how to identify some civil libertarians. It would help if they aren't also crazy in their own right.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoIf I see one, I'll let you know.
- cpr 13y agoExcept that elections ultimately don't change the cast of characters that matter, who are either the elites pushing things to their own benefit, or the useful idiots in place as civil servants or military. Elections are all a distraction to keep us from seeing what's permanent about the oligarchy. As Jimmy Carter says (as buffoonish as he might have been), we don't really have a functioning democracy any more in the US.