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Originally Posted by Danzig
Gore Vidal selected quotes...
“It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people” (how true. note that many corporations give to both parties. that way, they're in the pols pockets regardless of who wins the election)
Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all. They're interested in their companies, their corporations grabbing Caspian oil.
Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.
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I agree with much of what you say here. It is true no doubt.
We technically have a republic, not a democracy - but that makes it all the more important who is selected by the voters to represent us.
I can't reconcile the low opinion of Congress (8% to 13%) with the astronomically high re-election rates seen in the House (upwards of 90%). Something nefarious is going on.