tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post1213252252893173468..comments2024-03-06T04:35:38.806-06:00Comments on Disaffected and it Feels So Good: Government by the Plutocracy for the Plutocracy and of the PlutocracyGrung_e_Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-90236098457613895202013-06-08T15:28:18.177-05:002013-06-08T15:28:18.177-05:00That is a salient point Jerry Critter. And that le...That is a salient point Jerry Critter. And that leads me back to the game each party plays with making it a manichean choice that not voting for <b>Us</b> means <b>They</b> win.<br /><br />And so we swallow the shitty things the Party Hacks do against Us because they do some things we do like.Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-33917801647944207592013-06-08T14:02:34.126-05:002013-06-08T14:02:34.126-05:00It should,be clear to everyone that neither party ...It should,be clear to everyone that neither party wants a smaller government no matter what they say. The current question then becomes how do we get them to do our bidding.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-45325126331648536172013-06-08T12:48:44.318-05:002013-06-08T12:48:44.318-05:00CI,
I agree. I should have been more specific and...CI,<br /><br />I agree. I should have been more specific and written:<br /><br />The Government is not the <b>Main</b> Problem.<br /><br />I'm not awaiting the Platonic Philosopher King to appear and govern us with perfection. <br /><br />It holds that as long as each Party continues to use this, 'You can't vote for a 3rd party option because that means our hated enemy (the other side) is going to win' we are going to get these politicians who will say just want we want to hear will doing the bidding of their owners.<br /><br />Because what the Koch Brothers or Stephen A. Schwarzman want is not smaller government but a Big Government which responds only to their needs.<br />Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-39874161197394594992013-06-07T19:17:37.067-05:002013-06-07T19:17:37.067-05:00I'm on board with everything you wrote except ...I'm on board with everything you wrote except for this:<br /><br />"The Government is not the Problem."<br /><br />I would say that the existence of government itself is not the problem [though the current scope and size of it is]....but would counter that as long as the government remains the political thunderdome of the two major parties....by default, it is certainly a major PART of the problem.Constitutional Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251746798758539951noreply@blogger.com