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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Election Proves There Is Something Wrong With Us. Trump Should Have Never Happened.
This election more than anything else proves there is a possible fatal sickness in the land. The fact that so many voters are ruled by racism, bigotry and hatred reveals a cancer in our country. They are so crazed by hatred that they are not capable of making reasonable decisions. Every vote for Trump was a vote for what the Confederacy stood for.
On top of that these Trumpers are intransigent and incorrigible. I never thought I would see the country in this condition. And I do not know how to change it.
elleng
(131,102 posts)Warpy
(111,339 posts)The message is controlled by just 6 corporations and those corporations are not the friends of truth or justice.
The corporate controlled media message is the key .... Brainwashing TV, radio and now fake news social- media is everywhere....24/7.
Corporate propaganda machine + CrossCheck + the usual Lying, Cheating and Stealing by Republicons stole this election...
FarPoint
(12,437 posts)I have been telling people this corporate media message/control, fox noise machine is extremely dangerous to our freedoms...it's a mirror image of the "Jim Jones koolaide plan".
GeoWilliam750
(2,522 posts)Thus, make it five - 5 - FIVE men control most of what we see and hear.
Radio is not much better
If I am correct, as a part of their license, the broadcast media has an obligation of public service. Somebody please correct me on this.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)It is a lack of morality and ethics. Our moral compass is wrong. For too long, too many of us have been greedily chasing after the God-almighty $$$. And now our gov is run by greedy immoral corrupt robber barons, who use fear and devisiveness to get their way.
So what do we do about it? Each and everyone of us must begin by cleaning up our own individual ethical values. Fix our own broken moral compass. Value the happiness of others as higher than the acquisition of money. As a Buddhist, I could write a lot about Buddhist ethics and compassion. But one has to actually PRACTICE Buddhism, not just know about it. Suffice it to say that we begin by practicing the Golden Rule of "Do unto others, as you would have others do unto you." Everyone knows what the Golden Rule is. Although all religions teach the Golden Rule, you don't have to be religious to understand that practicing the Golden Rule is in one's own self interest. Simple to explain; simple to understand.
madaboutharry
(40,220 posts)I am very disappointed in this country. And these same people who voted for a man who validated their hate go to church on Sunday and sing to Jesus.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)Trump lost the popular vote by three million.
PoiBoy
(1,542 posts)JI7
(89,264 posts)but also the electoral system makes certain votes worth more than others in a way which mostly benefits conservatives .
there is a serious problem when one side can get almost 3 million more votes but still loses .
pansypoo53219
(20,995 posts)uponit7771
(90,363 posts)colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)Millions, seduced by the saturation of right wing talk, have lost the capacity for rational thought.
You cannot reason with them, it is like sparring with Pod People.
TheFrenchRazor
(2,116 posts)Locrian
(4,522 posts)propaganda network, consolidation = tools to keep the people in line / ignorant
racism / fear etc = divide and conquer, use it to balance out the advantage the many have over the few if you get them fighting each other
ignorance = destroy the school system to keep everyone, well... ignorant and unable to understand via history, reading etc what is happening
hatred+fear = a population easy to control
circus / games / entertainment = distraction from the real world
Same as it has been for 1000's of years... just different players and more modern tools.