Sheeps and lemmings are not murderers and we humans should follow the herd of the righteous. I believe my question about Palestine is relevant on how we can elect politicians that are not guided by the donor's class. I'm convinced that AIPAC's and our war industry bribes alone is what keeps our leaders perpetrating the genocide in Gaza.
Sheeps and lemmings are not murderers and we humans should follow the herd of the righteous. I believe my question about Palestine is relevant on how we can elect politicians that are not guided by the donor's class. I'm convinced that AIPAC's and our war industry bribes alone is what keeps our leaders perpetrating the genocide in Gaza.
I would never dare to compare my beloved dog to a human particularly of our political system (she would bite me!) But seriously, you have not answered my question about Israel-Palestine. I'm sure you have an opinion on how to solve the problem.
None of our opinions matter. If you really care, I'd favor a state that abolishes legal apartheid. In other words, a state that is not "Jewish" or "Muslim" or "Arab" or anything else.
Democracy, as a practical matter, is basically an exercise in passing the buck, in avoiding responsibility. Everyone in power claims to answer to and derive their authority from someone else, going ultimately back to "the people" who themselves do not directly exercise power, and who would find it difficult to exercise as a collective action problem, even if they had the formal authority to do so.
What this means is that real power is often in the hands of unelected bureaucrats, who typically don't even want to stand for election because they don't want the voters to know what their programs are, much less to exercise any oversight. Robert Moses is the classic example here.
Even that minimal level of scrutiny is too much for some, and real power is often exercised by people not formally part of any government structure. Corporate lobbyists or Robert Kagan come to mind.
In other words, taking into account how wildly unpopular most western politicians and their policies are with their respective publics, "democracy" is basically a cover for rulers to do what they want. The technical term for this is a "beard".
After all, your elected representatives approved this. If you don't like it, you can vote for a different carefully vetted corporate imperialist muppet, so until then, shut up and fall in line!
Yeah, just let's wait for the results of the coming elections, probably nothing will change but we the dissenters will have the satisfaction that our group gained new believers and then...
Sheeps and lemmings are not murderers and we humans should follow the herd of the righteous. I believe my question about Palestine is relevant on how we can elect politicians that are not guided by the donor's class. I'm convinced that AIPAC's and our war industry bribes alone is what keeps our leaders perpetrating the genocide in Gaza.
Call humans dogs or wolves then. They certainly are not cats.
I would never dare to compare my beloved dog to a human particularly of our political system (she would bite me!) But seriously, you have not answered my question about Israel-Palestine. I'm sure you have an opinion on how to solve the problem.
What does my opinion matter?
Probably more than mine, but I'm not afraid of expressing it.
None of our opinions matter. If you really care, I'd favor a state that abolishes legal apartheid. In other words, a state that is not "Jewish" or "Muslim" or "Arab" or anything else.
As always, the devil is in the details.
Thank you. I also favor a no theocratic state but although our opinions aparently don't mater, as a group it will.
"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." Yoko Ono
What matters is power.
And we, the people, have power, if we elect candidates that only represent us.
Humans, "the people" are easily manipulated.
Democracy, as a practical matter, is basically an exercise in passing the buck, in avoiding responsibility. Everyone in power claims to answer to and derive their authority from someone else, going ultimately back to "the people" who themselves do not directly exercise power, and who would find it difficult to exercise as a collective action problem, even if they had the formal authority to do so.
What this means is that real power is often in the hands of unelected bureaucrats, who typically don't even want to stand for election because they don't want the voters to know what their programs are, much less to exercise any oversight. Robert Moses is the classic example here.
Even that minimal level of scrutiny is too much for some, and real power is often exercised by people not formally part of any government structure. Corporate lobbyists or Robert Kagan come to mind.
In other words, taking into account how wildly unpopular most western politicians and their policies are with their respective publics, "democracy" is basically a cover for rulers to do what they want. The technical term for this is a "beard".
After all, your elected representatives approved this. If you don't like it, you can vote for a different carefully vetted corporate imperialist muppet, so until then, shut up and fall in line!
Yeah, just let's wait for the results of the coming elections, probably nothing will change but we the dissenters will have the satisfaction that our group gained new believers and then...