DonaldFG
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In one of the worst strategic political mistakes ever made, elite leaders in the Democratic Party came up with something called the Third Way of politics. (The Democrats' 'Third Way' Quarrel Could Change Your Future) The idea was that they believed they had to merge their policies with the capitalist policies of the Republican Party to a level that could be accepted by Wall Street. It was actually considered to be a centrist political position while still retaining some socialist programs. But the result turned out to be an abandonment of the general population's input to the governing process.
The Third Way's methods produced their first President in Bill Clinton, who identified himself as a "New Democrat" and reset the Party's direction to what we are experiencing today. As laws promoting the common good began to disappear, and those giving more autonomy to corporations increased to do as they wished. We have all felt the results of these laws when we ran up against them the past decades. Among other things, we saw the destruction of unions, the loss of manufacturing jobs, the destruction of large amounts of natural resources and of land and sea, and much more as this shift of policy occurred.
They have been so successful at changing the agenda of government that democracy is now being squeezed out of existence. After the election of 2000, the security of the right to vote guaranteed in the Constitution has sunken to new lows. Voting machines were implemented that are unverifiable and hackable. Election results can no longer be reliably rechecked and counted. President Obama's Administration (he is a New Democrat also, as is Hillary Clinton) has made no effort to correct these voting problems, which could arguably be said to be the most critical issue of our time.
The Sanders campaign has exposed a huge scandal from last Tuesdays primary in Arizona where hundreds of voting places were closed since four years ago, and voters had to wait in line for 5 hours to vote, if they were able to at all. (Arizona is a massive FRAUD ! • /r/SandersForPresident)
This is outrageous and unconstitutional! We must not continue to allow this abuse of our democracy.
The Third Way's methods produced their first President in Bill Clinton, who identified himself as a "New Democrat" and reset the Party's direction to what we are experiencing today. As laws promoting the common good began to disappear, and those giving more autonomy to corporations increased to do as they wished. We have all felt the results of these laws when we ran up against them the past decades. Among other things, we saw the destruction of unions, the loss of manufacturing jobs, the destruction of large amounts of natural resources and of land and sea, and much more as this shift of policy occurred.
They have been so successful at changing the agenda of government that democracy is now being squeezed out of existence. After the election of 2000, the security of the right to vote guaranteed in the Constitution has sunken to new lows. Voting machines were implemented that are unverifiable and hackable. Election results can no longer be reliably rechecked and counted. President Obama's Administration (he is a New Democrat also, as is Hillary Clinton) has made no effort to correct these voting problems, which could arguably be said to be the most critical issue of our time.
The Sanders campaign has exposed a huge scandal from last Tuesdays primary in Arizona where hundreds of voting places were closed since four years ago, and voters had to wait in line for 5 hours to vote, if they were able to at all. (Arizona is a massive FRAUD ! • /r/SandersForPresident)
This is outrageous and unconstitutional! We must not continue to allow this abuse of our democracy.