Posted on Jul 3, 2015
Why do we elect the lesser of two evils, rather than seeking the best?
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Is it not our responsibility as a people to stand up and send bad candidates back and demand better ones? Just because the two major parties serve us crap, doesn't mean we have to eat it. The government works for us, not the other way around (save the guys still in to an extent). Would you hire someone you know is bad for your company as an employer? I wouldn't.
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We fight wars with the military we have, not the military we want.
We elect our leadership in the same way.
We elect our leadership in the same way.
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SGT Matthew Ellis
To be fair, though, just because we can't have what we want, doesn't mean we have to accept the worst.
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Capt Seid Waddell
SGT Matthew Ellis, to be realistic, we only have the candidates on the ballot to select from. Unless we get involved in the primary elections or run for office ourselves we must select from one of those listed.
Those that vote for personal benefits rather than for the good of the country are a large part of the country, and this is getting more common today.
Those that vote for personal benefits rather than for the good of the country are a large part of the country, and this is getting more common today.
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SGT Matthew Ellis
I'm inclined to agree with you. The best leaders are often those who don't want to be leaders at all. More interested to see what people think of our system as it is. Most people I've discussed this with simply operated under the assumption that they didn't have a choice.
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SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S.
I would agree with you.
When it takes this kind of $$ to get it done, the individual is very, very small ...
https://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/
When it takes this kind of $$ to get it done, the individual is very, very small ...
https://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/
2012 Presidential Race | OpenSecrets
OpenSecrets.org has fundraising profiles for all 535 members of Congress (and more).
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The best don't get the money or the recognition to have a fighting chance in the country (usually). Right now, I like that Bernie Sanders DOES have a fighting chance, because he seems the least "bought" by the corporations. The other problem with the system we have is that people only know what they are told (for the most part). Fox news tells them to vote for Person A because Person B is this that and the other thing. CNN tells them to vote for Person B because Person A is this that and the other thing. In reality, they are BOTH this that and the other thing, but the media manages to make them seem different and to divide the majority of the population into Camp A and Camp B. Once you have that majority, the small fry activists and people outside the ring have no chance at any real campaign $ and therefore, no chance at election. And at the end of the day, Person A and Person B are more like-minded then you'd want to believe.
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SGT Matthew Ellis
Makes you miss the days when the news was a public service, using publicly owned air time, almost forcing them to just report the facts. *sarcastic* --> yay for corporate owned news!
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