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In reply to the discussion: Party Loyalty [View all]Gregorian
(23,867 posts)Public financing of elections is crucial.
Remember when impeachment was "off the table"? Not only that, but it seemed like a remote possibility that anything would come of it if it had been on the table. But the way I see that is that had the American people known the truth of the situation, there would have been no stopping it. Congress isn't afraid of us because we're so equally divided. Or so it seems. I think it all comes down to educating the public, from multiple avenues, but primarily from what we see in print and on tv. We just don't have much of a presence. And all of what we're talking about comes back to greed. Even the Constitution and the Civil war boil down to that, in my opinion. We're trying to live up to an ideal that is continually in peril from those who have power. But like H2Oman said in his piece, we're unbeatable when undivided.
I still remember the two guys on this forum who were trying so hard to get their Take Back The Media website to grow, back in the early 2000's. I always thought they had nailed it. From there comes the solidification in order to solidify us as a group who can then demand public election funding, less military spending, real health care, independence from fossil fuels, better schools...
I feel like I'm dreaming again. Can it really happen? Are we too far down the path of dysfunction and ignorance? I don't think so, as evidenced by Oregon voters, and those who know what really happened during the Bush years.