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I like your writing but as long as you handcuff yourself to the "2" party system you're neutralizing yourself. Congress knows what we want; congress doesn't care what we want. Same with Obama.
Let me welcome you to the lonely but fertile world of defeatism and hopelessness. Hope is an anchor that keeps people trapped in a malignant system. Only when we admit defeat can we honestly start seeking out real solutions, if they in fact exist. People can't/won't be awoken en masse, for whatever reasons. You're not the first to try. This isn't a failing on your part.
The media isn't incompetent; the media is complicit. They don't report real news because that's not what they're for.
I agree with the tone of your posts but I feel the same way when I read Greenwald. I see an accurate diagnosis followed by old faith-based prescriptions. And year after year, nothing changes. In the words of Dennis Perrin:
"Still, I've seen and experienced enough transcendence to know that there's another way to live, but it's not going to be handed to us. And those of us who fight for it will encounter true hatred and spite, primarily from our liberal cousins, but from reactionaries as well. Too many people have deep vested interests in domination and control. As friend IOZ says, unplugging from them is the only way out. After that, the real work of honest, meaningful solidarity begins."
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I like your writing but as long as you handcuff yourself to the "2" party system you're neutralizing yourself. Congress knows what we want; congress doesn't care what we want. Same with Obama.
Let me welcome you to the lonely but fertile world of defeatism and hopelessness. Hope is an anchor that keeps people trapped in a malignant system. Only when we admit defeat can we honestly start seeking out real solutions, if they in fact exist. People can't/won't be awoken en masse, for whatever reasons. You're not the first to try. This isn't a failing on your part.
The media isn't incompetent; the media is complicit. They don't report real news because that's not what they're for.
I agree with the tone of your posts but I feel the same way when I read Greenwald. I see an accurate diagnosis followed by old faith-based prescriptions. And year after year, nothing changes. In the words of Dennis Perrin:
"Still, I've seen and experienced enough transcendence to know that there's another way to live, but it's not going to be handed to us. And those of us who fight for it will encounter true hatred and spite, primarily from our liberal cousins, but from reactionaries as well. Too many people have deep vested interests in domination and control. As friend IOZ says, unplugging from them is the only way out. After that, the real work of honest, meaningful solidarity begins."
http://dennisperrin.blogspot.com/2008/06/submission.html