Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

!@#$% knows the score, Marleypumpkin addressed the issue, but none are radical enough to accept the truth. presidents are puppets and figureheads, as are most politicians in a supposedly "representative democracy". the reality is that nameless, faceless individuals run the show, behind the scenes, and dictate from the inside out what the score will be in the future. Is obama going to make any sort of difference? no, only superficially. the system will continue on as ever.

the system is too fucked up for us to be reactionary, up yr game.

Originally Posted by racehorse

i agree. in addition, elections in representative democracies are, for the most part, nothing more than PR wars. There was a poll in 2004 that asked voting americans what had influenced their vote and only 7% said that the candidate's stance on "issues" had influenced their vote.

Originally Posted by racehorse

i agree. in addition, elections in representative democracies are, for the most part, nothing more than PR wars. There was a poll in 2004 that asked voting americans what had influenced their vote and only 7% said that the candidate's stance on "issues" had influenced their vote.