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liaerfbv|1489161070|4138873 said:ksinger|1489152306|4138801 said:Karl_K|1489122924|4138730 said:No political party represents me.
I think both parties are just as corrupt.
I think the press is just as corrupt and dishonest as the political parties if not more so.
I am seriously wondering if anarchy isn't a better answer.
Then, at this point, you are no longer an American. The American identity is a fragile thing that really only needs the acceptance of a few ideals, namely belief in universal opportunity, equality and a system of government that trusts the input of it's citizens. Within your statement lie the roots of treason, a profound distrust or distaste for your fellow citizens. "The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in the stars but in ourselves", We, the People ARE the government. It is accurately representing the divisions that have been fanned within the electorate for 40 years. One of the brilliant concepts behind our system of government is that it is designed to slow or even stop movement when the electorate is this divided. If the parties are corrupt, we (including you) are corrupt because they are made up of the people. If the press is corrupt, we all are. If a party doesn't represent you, how much effort and involvement have you put into the party closest to you? Ours is a participatory form of government, if you choose NOT to participate then, you're right, no party represents you. They represent people that ARE involved.
Congress, warts and all, DOES represent the voting population. While it may be forcing us to look at our lesser angels, it is US, we the people. Trump, warts and all, DOES represent us. The press, flaws and all, DOES represent us. The political parties, as ponderous and inefficient as they are, DO represent us. If you don't like it, be an American and get involved. It's how the system was designed. And you can quit looking at that guy you hate staring back from the mirror.
I want to frame this and put it on my wall.
Ah, to be so loved for my eloquent verbiage!
Alas, it's true confession time. As has happened many times in the last decade, I've read what I know will be a particularly interesting and/or provocative post from PS, to the DH (aka - The American History Teacher, or more aptly, "my tame historian"), to be then inundated by point after point, and similar historical examples that support/refute, and lots of political arcana, all delivered so quickly that I can't possibly take notes, or write any of it down, so I generally don't bother trying and end up with all this great stuff forlornly knocking around in my head with no chance of getting out. But, as has not happened many times in the last decade - as in this is only the second time, he consented to just shut up and write his response already.
I wish he'd seriously consider writing a book on something. Boy can turn a phrase when he puts his mind to it.