Obama's Fault

[freshwest]

45. Many people don't know basic civics, how to contact their reps, or take the time to follow up on

bills and see how much is being fought over in the details.

Media is paid to push all the buttons of low information voters and build up some as heroes and tear down others as villains. They are never going to go to the final tally, intentions and compromises to be made.

And the big picture, never. Each of these actions are part of big picture of making government work and the media is not about showing how government works. More like showing every flaw, as their owners believe. If they don't find something real, they will push conspiracies, but it all has the same effect. The strategy is to portray government as an alien entity, against the people, when it is not.

That takes time and reflection and morevoer, good faith. Not a sound bite delivered between commercials to a public used to instant gratification and going with a short attention span.

Their scripts are written against progressives. It wasn't just CNN who declared Obamacare dead before the USSC said otherwise. FOX also went with that script. They parroted the thinking of their billionaire owners. They were sure they had it in the bag, just as they were sure Obama was going to lose the election.

So a public who is looking for a fast answer, picks Obama as the target of all that goes wrong. It's quicker and easier to equate our elected officials with 'them' and corporations and lobbyists for those who haven't worked in these processes.

We can all get into a group and lobby. But we have to organize, commit to spending time and making meetings and friends, and not shout our heads off online or run away. That's what media is telling us to do. If we don't get what we want as fast as the news cycle turns, some of us just give up. And we know exactly who that serves.