Rugoz wrote:Political power plays within a constitutional framework are not conspiracies.
Clearly you were insinuating that there are rich people/corporations outside the political system pulling the strings. Basically, like all conspiracy theorists, you want to put a face on things.
Money matters, particularly in the US, and donors have different political preferences than voters, but it matters on aggregate, and small donors aren't necessarily more in line with what voters want. The rise of the small donors probably led to more radicalism on both sides.
@Rugoz You might think small donors or corporations just create more radicalism. It does not. What is problematic is INDIFFERENCE. People who never register to vote. People who are eligible to vote can make a difference and do not ever take either the time, the effort, or the money to put their political desires into action. The vast majority of people are good people. They get up in the morning and work hard all day. They take care of their children, their spouses, and their families. They contribute to their native societies all day and for years. The big mistake they make is sitting on their ass politically. They say, 'One vote won't make a difference. My vote does not count. My voice is shit. I do not have money. I am an average grunt. I do not have any role to play in this thing called democracy or this thing called civic government. My voice is one among millions. It won't matter. I don't matter. It is too much work to fight with registration documents, and going and pulling a lever. I am tired. Another damn task in my day I have to do. Who cares?'
Those are the people that doom it all. Indifference is what most of the problem is about. Because I am certain that most people have an innate sense of justice. Most human beings are not radically dedicated to hating anyone in particular, nor are they into being racist, or any of that. What they are? Are indifferent.
That KILLS it all. You can't be indifferent to politics. It will make the majority of humanity lose out on what the true nature of life in politics is about. Most people want what is fair and just. The criminals, the powerfully greedy, the egomaniacs in politics, they all are MINORITIES. But they tend to step into spaces that are not occupied by the people who are affected the most by the bad policies. Lack of action is the problem. It always has been.
So many people are good people. But as that old saying goes, 'in order for evil to triumph, all it takes is a lot of good people to not take action.' That is the truth. Sit on your ass. Let evil triumph. Because a bunch of people all taking action in solidarity and with love and caring behind them? The evil does not have a chance at all. It never did. Inaction. Indifference.
That is true in war, true in life. Remain on the sidelines and the power vacuum is occupied by the worst of humanity. Who do have the will to impose their evil shit on the rest. The ones who are just indifferent? Give it all up to those type of people by their neglect and inability to mobilize.