It’s well known to my family and circle of friends that I peg the end of the Vietnam War as the point when many of my peers just walked away. They’d been involved in anti-war and civil rights activities for years. They had been ardent warriors for peace and civil rights. Now the causes won, and the dealer had dealt the last hand. It was time to settle in for a well-deserved rest. So, for those with the resources, it was back to college, grad school, or into dad’s brokerage firm. Nice middle to upper-class lives beckoned.
Into the gap eventually flowed an abundance of opposition from fundamentalist, right-wing, and reactionary groups. My former peers, themselves settling into more conservative roles in society, assured themselves that the arc of society was now set on nobler ends. It was OK. Surely things would not revert to some 1950s status quo?
Well, over the past decades, the rich have gotten richer, and the rest of us have stayed in a rut. Investigate if you will how candidates generate revenue for campaigns. Then tell me, convincingly, that the candidate is not bought. I don’t know about you, but when I spend money on a product, I expect something in return. Now don’t glower at me for pointing out a basic fact of economics.
The dinosaurs are long departed, and it remains to be seen whether American Democracy will join them. My advice to all of you who don’t vote? Get out the vote. But before you do, take a bit of effort to find out who’s spending money on the candidates—a bought democracy is no democracy.
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Looks like that is what happened, though!!!! Bought and destroyed.
I’m just going to let this kid speak for me from now on: http://youtu.be/2xt5g4Tu0Sw?si=RdNCZcPwaalezX74
Sounds like he nailed all the guys I was talking about in my post – Bought!
He’s really good. It’s one reason I listen to the radio. I might hear something I like.