Marxist
Senior Member
Yeah, great success with 2008I agree with thatSure. A system has two large potential fatal flaws: The fact that it was created by humans and the fact that humans must implement it.Yeah, it's both, guys.You do have a point there. Millions of Americans pay no attention, but this has always been the case.You have to go deeper than that. It is in the electorate. The system is irrelevant as well when the people no longer tend to it.
It could be that since the power elite are invested in dividing those of us willing to pay attention, they could be the true culprit. If we did not allow them to divide us, things would be much improved.
The system is the problem, and we could change it if we cared enough.
Chicken or the egg.
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Fair enough.
I just think that no matter how perfect a system might be it will fail if people do not maintain it but if the people care any system will work.
That might be the very problem with democratic societies – it assumes incorrectly that people will watch and control their government. It is people’s nature to be lazy about a system that is working.
Personally, I think the American system worked too well. Its various successes ultimately created a society of people who are too bored and soft to give a shit.
That environment then opens the door to those who will say, "well, okay, if you don't give a shit, I'll take care of stuff for you. Just relax, feel good about yourselves, don't worry about me".
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whole heartedly. We were enormously successful and as a result people have completely forgotten that they have a responsibility to keep the government in check. These days many cannot even name the thr3ee branches of government, their purpose or who their representative actually is. The REALY pathetic part is that damn near everyone can name more of their teams players than the people that govern their lives.