As always, Thom’s rant is excellent, and as always, our democracy remains Catch-22ed, for how can you get an oligarch controlled Congress to pass any legislation that promotes our general welfare and protects us from the very same morbidly rich sociopaths who command our elected officials (and routinely do things adverse to our rights an…
As always, Thom’s rant is excellent, and as always, our democracy remains Catch-22ed, for how can you get an oligarch controlled Congress to pass any legislation that promotes our general welfare and protects us from the very same morbidly rich sociopaths who command our elected officials (and routinely do things adverse to our rights and communities’ interests)?
We need three things to happen, first, we have to elect enough citizens who pledge to promote our general welfare using best practice-based solutions and protect us from the evil doers (basically, what’s in the Preamble). Second, we need to hold them to their pledge. Third, Congress will have to lead the effort to make Move To Amend successful so that money is no longer speech and corporations are no longer people. Legislation to nullify Citizens United would be nice, but without an amendment, the ugly head of corporatism will always be just around the corner for the right price. With today’s technology and knowledge, there are no good reasons why it can’t be done, just a lot of bad ones.
As always, Thom’s rant is excellent, and as always, our democracy remains Catch-22ed, for how can you get an oligarch controlled Congress to pass any legislation that promotes our general welfare and protects us from the very same morbidly rich sociopaths who command our elected officials (and routinely do things adverse to our rights and communities’ interests)?
We need three things to happen, first, we have to elect enough citizens who pledge to promote our general welfare using best practice-based solutions and protect us from the evil doers (basically, what’s in the Preamble). Second, we need to hold them to their pledge. Third, Congress will have to lead the effort to make Move To Amend successful so that money is no longer speech and corporations are no longer people. Legislation to nullify Citizens United would be nice, but without an amendment, the ugly head of corporatism will always be just around the corner for the right price. With today’s technology and knowledge, there are no good reasons why it can’t be done, just a lot of bad ones.