Reply #22: I disagree. Our "elections" are staged, pre-determined

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That's why, if you recall, the 'election cycle' began so early, and it was obvious that the Powers That Be had decided on either Hillary, or Obama, b/c either 'choice' was "unprecedented," which served the "Look Ahead!" meme quite well...it was a useful distraction. All that's happened now (aside from the first black president, which in itself is historic, no doubt, but it's not all it's cracked up to be as far the mythology surrounding it that's being sold to the public) is that the same vested interests of empire that have always, and still are, running the show, have applied a 'friendlier' face to the same-old. Last time that trick ran dry they gave us 9/11 as the 'justification' as to why the 'need' for a sharp Right turn. Bad shit, that.