Reply #13: Brad, it's a matter of "corruption fatigue"

[socialist_n_TN]

It's no longer ANY sort of surprise to any of us (especially here) that this kind of stuff happens. THAT'S why there's no more attention paid. And the ones who DON'T pay much attention don't like having to think about it because it would mean that they have to get off their dead ass and DO something.

It's easy for me. Being a revolutionary Marxist, I've never had much faith in the electoral system anyway. You can vote for capitalist candidate A or capitalist candidate B and nothing's going to change because the capitalist candidate is going to win. Although I must admit, nowdays one of the capitalist candidates is closer to overtly fascist than it has been in the past.

Wisconsin should be a primer for what NOT to do. The entire state was in an uproar for weeks. The working class was as united as it had been for 80 years or so. A general strike was actually being discussed and could have EASILY spread to the entire midwest. But "cooler heads" prevailed and they decided to put their eggs in the "reform" basket, a la recalls and this SC election. We see how that turned out. I expect more bullshit with the recall elections too. They're already disenfranchising folks legally.

I actually predicted something like this when the "cooler heads" prevailed.