re: #443 Scion9

No, I am also not optimistic that there is a plausible democratic solution for the country; and no I don’t know enough about any politicians in the establishment that I could qualify them as totally trustworthy.

If metaphorically dragging them all down to the town square for a date with the national razor were an option I would pursue it, but I think the only way of getting the ‘old blood’ out of the system would be in a not so metaphorical bloodletting, which historically has been even worse news than a chronically corrupt aristocracy as we have now.

I am not proposing that, but, your comments mirror the level of frustration I think that is out there.

And that’s why I think it is broke and can’t be fixed. My rants and comments are meant to my idealistic solution, but my realistic eye tell me it’s all for naught.

With in 8 years, I suspect we are going to have a new type of politics in this country. It is going to be something akin to Democratic Socialism, like much of Europe.

This is going to be due to many more factors than just factors that we have any control over. The economy has become global, and out little local elections are not going to have an effect on what business needs on a global level.

They will get what they want. A monetary unit based on the world, a international currency. Governments that make decisions not based on what’s good for the country, but what is good for world business. Citizens that consider the global health before they consider their own health.

It’s all in place, you can see it every day, it’s not hidden, it’s not mysterious and it’s not going away.

The most you can do to try to protect yourself from it is not to fall into the trap of thinking that you can change it. That is a “make busy” effort that the parties want you to work on, keep you little mind occupied while they go about positioning themselves as they need to be.

Take it into the homestead, protect yourself, you are the only one that counts.