re: Vote you M'Fers

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Democrat or Republican, it doesn’t matter. Politicians no longer care what’s best for the people. We live in a “me” society with politics being no different, if not worse. Once elected, they get as much as they can get for themselves before their time is up. They vote on the issues from where the most money comes from which has caused an ever increasing gap between the rich and poor resulting in the decimation of the middle class.

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I like this theory.

Inverted totalitatiansim


"Inverted totalitarianism is a term coined by political philosopher Sheldon Wolin in 2003 to describe the emerging form of government of the United States. Wolin believes that the United States is increasingly turning into an illiberal democracy, and uses the term "inverted totalitarianism" to illustrate similarities and differences between the United States governmental system and totalitarian regimes such as Nazi Germany and the Stalinist Soviet Union.[1][2][3][4] In Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco, inverted totalitarianism is described as a system where corporations have corrupted and subverted democracy and where economics trumps politics.[5] In inverted totalitarianism, every natural resource and every living being is commodified and exploited to collapse as the citizenry are lulled and manipulated into surrendering their liberties and their participation in government through excess consumerism and sensationalism."