General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Party Loyalty [View all]Gregorian
(23,867 posts)In the most general way, I see all of these issues as being about equal rights and equal ability to be heard. Whether it's marriage related, or having a presence in the media, or voting related, the system ideally was intended to give us somewhat equal representation. Money has skewed the system in such a way that too many citizens are disenfranchised. Bush v. Gore was the epitome of that.
I think that's the selling point. If the scales were tilted by money coming from liberal billionaires, the right would be just as unhappy as we are. And in fact, that could happen. I would bet many Republicans would be in favor of equality, as long as it doesn't offend their ideological beliefs. So maybe same sex marriage isn't something they would support, but election reforms may be. And from that we could begin to turn things around. The fight has been the same from the very beginning, and it's very much one that revolves around money.
One other thought is that we could perhaps use better marketing to try and bridge the gaps between left and right. They have spent billions on their think tanks. We expect the truth to speak for itself, as it should. We're in a precarious place now, and I hope people take this more seriously than it seems we have been doing. They destroyed Dukakis and Dean on simple image oriented things. But again, that was with the aid of the media.
It's a strange situation. Sanders is great, but I can tell that his level of emotion would repel many. I happen to share his sentiments fully. But he's another who could be shot down like Dean and Dukakis, I'm afraid.
It's complicated, isn't it?