The joke is on you when you believe that your vote puts YOU in control. The so-called “problems of the world” will solve themselves soon enough. The looting is nearly complete. It is gratifying to see, though bolithio, that you do understand the paramount issue. That truly makes it all worthwhile.

Including you Joe. Are you seriously that much of a hypocrite?!! You are constantly telling us that we are responsible for all the crooks we have elected, then you turn around and say we have no control. Perhaps if you didnt spend so much time trying to fit people into your preconceived notions and judgments, you would not get caught in your own word traps.

And before you leap to defend yourself with mean words – consider:

You could be friends with all of us – and we could work together to solve the problems of the world – but that would require you to accept us for who we are for once.

You are like many myopic, pseudo intellectuals on the left and right who don’t bother to put the work involved in actually understanding the issues, so declaim the whole thing as being “broken.”

“They are all the same!” “There’s no point getting involved because nothing ever changes!” “Whaaa!”

That’s a complete load of horseshit. One person not killed is a difference. One person with food or medicine, instead of without, is a difference. One person not tortured is a difference.

You are pathetic, and yes, I judge you. Ignorant people can be wrong, but what stupid does is NOTHING, and it justifies it by saying it is too dumb to see any difference anyway. Well Joe, some of us DO see the difference and we care. It doesn’t matter how little the change is, or how hard it is, you ALWAYS fight to make things better. You think anyone respects someone who says “things aren’t the way I think they should be, so all the rest of you are stupid!”

If you ever actually form a real opinion on a specific issue, based on factual details, maybe you will begin to understand why people who dismiss everything as being an “illusion” are douche bags.

QED

The flaw is in your comment! There is NO such thing as “our” representative republic. Everyone you vote for is owned and controlled by the plutocracy running this country. That was my point. You want to call “mob rule” a Democracy. There are NO “checks and balances.” That’s an illusion. Get therafter out of your own eye BEFORE trying to judge others. Stupid is as stupid does, buddy.

Yes, Joe, democracy is a form of “mob rule”, even our representative republic is basically “mob rule” with checks & balances. What are you advocating? Tyranny? Plutocracy? Maybe a nice Oligarchy?

Other than bitching about how stupid everyone else is compared to you, do you have any functional, coherent thoughts? I agree people can be stupid and vote in ways that are self destructive. Do you have any specific, accurate, arguments that explain why Eric’s analyses are flawed?

If you believe so, post it.

thought maybe it was me spending time standing on my head …