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betterdemsonly

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28. I work my ass off

Mon Apr 21, 2014, 12:29 AM

Apr 2014

but I am only one person. I can't personally overcome outright bribery and corruption. Neither with my vote or my labor.

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Why voting is not the end all to oligarchy [View all] nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 OP

One vote in one election, no, but democracy is the answer JayhawkSD Apr 2014 #1

How often are they held accountable sorefeet Apr 2014 #6

Democracy is dead. Fuddnik Apr 2014 #8

At this point elections are secondary nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #13

"Navel grazing?" Slim pickings in the average navel, MineralMan Apr 2014 #2

We're all just tiny sheeple. /nt pintobean Apr 2014 #4

I suppose so. However, voters certainly changed MineralMan Apr 2014 #5

So there's no oligarchy in MN? nt ChisolmTrailDem Apr 2014 #12

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by that question. MineralMan Apr 2014 #16

Thanks for the detailed response. It's good you guys are doing it right up there. We could ChisolmTrailDem Apr 2014 #17

Propaganda works tabasco Apr 2014 #3

The assumption that everything else in the system is rigged but our elections? Conspiracy Craziness HomerRamone Apr 2014 #7

Exactly, we cannot have everything else rigged nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #10

it goes hand-in-hand with the Cold-War-vintage notion that elections are a perfect MisterP Apr 2014 #9

I know, and source watch is one of my favorite oversight group nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #11

Whomever owns the assets owns your freedom. They never give them up on request, only demand. n/t jtuck004 Apr 2014 #14

Correct nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #15

kick, cause it matters nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #18

If it is a mistake to look for a single magic bullet that will solve our problems, it is equally struggle4progress Apr 2014 #19

It is not the answer because they generally select betterdemsonly Apr 2014 #20

This is why people need to retake local party apparatus nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #23

I work my ass off betterdemsonly Apr 2014 #28

That is why I said we, not I. nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #29

people tried to march against the banking oligarchy betterdemsonly Apr 2014 #30

It took two generations for the Gilded Age to come under control. nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #31

I most certainly won't be alive betterdemsonly Apr 2014 #32

I do not give up nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #33

My local ows turned into a bunch Alex Jones people betterdemsonly Apr 2014 #34

Well each group is different. nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #35

I try and try betterdemsonly Apr 2014 #36

Sit back, get a few books on the history of labor nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #37

Voting is the foundation, and your argument undermines it. gulliver Apr 2014 #21

My argument is based on history. nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #22

Voting changes nothing. Vashta Nerada Apr 2014 #24

And don't forget to vote for practice sake. nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #25

K&R'd! snot Apr 2014 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author snot Apr 2014 #27

As Trotsky wrote in "The History of the Russian Revolution".... socialist_n_TN Apr 2014 #38

And that is not unique to 1917 Russia, though it is a characteristic of the culture nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #42

Well, to be fair about it, this statement applied to..... socialist_n_TN Apr 2014 #43

K & R !!! WillyT Apr 2014 #39

"We retook it from robber barons" We had FDR. L0oniX Apr 2014 #40

FDR came at the tail end. nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #41