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Originally posted by Jeff Higgins
Is it a feeling of powerlesness against some big "machine"? Maybe. I have heard my German relatives comment that we are not really offered choices on the level they are; all of our candidates, both of our parties, are relatively "centrist" compared to the broad spectrum they see in Germany. No one here sees a very dramatic change in their government despite a dramatic change of those who govern. Maybe a guy like Obama, who can afford to hang it out there a little more, could offer that visible change and jar some folks from their apathy.
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There is no good politician who can shake Americans from their apathy. Only bad ones have that opportunity, I think. The people are going to have to lead. My guess is that the choices available to Germans are a function of their interest in choices and their maturity and ability to evaluate those choices. In America, Big Mac versus Double Whopper versus Sourdough Jack versus Arby's......is considered "choices."
Feeling of powerlessness? Possibly. Frankly, gubmit does not run this country, and people know it. This country is run by Industry. We don't know the names of the guys pulling the strings, but we know they pull them and we don't.
And I think the other problem is deflection. We've got people thinking that gubmit is "them." Many of the poster here think that. All of the conservatives do. It would be amusing, this conservative belief that we value democracy and freedom and gubmit is "them," if it weren't so sad. How do you guys hold those notions together in your minds? It seems to me they would make you somewhat schizophrenic. Oh yeah.....you guys talk as if you live in an occupied country. Weird.