Now maybe this isn't EXACTLY like the shell game -- more like the extortion game. It's not enough that the commonwealth is being drained of resource by the uncommonly wealthy Koch Brothers. Now their thievery is being used to steal even more money from the American people -- in the guise of fighting them. As anyone who has voted Democrat as the lesser evil will attest, you can count on the Democrats in the same way Charlie Brown could count on Lucy pulling away the football every time he tries to kick it.
However ... an upwising is afoot. More and more Americans are wising up to the political sideshow as a "debate and switch" shell game, where weapons of mass-distraction are used to keep us from addressing the fundamental issue of governance -- who's in charge of who's in charge?
There are definitely signs of a "transpartisan" movement to liberate us from the partisan trance and "overgrow" the system.
A recent poll indicates that 42% of Americans now call themselves "independents" -- more than ever before -- with just 31% identifying themselves as Democrats, and a record low 25% as Republicans.
People are waking up literally "left and right" as progressives are looking past Hillary (whom Swami Beyondananda has described as a "Wolfowitz in Sheepowitz's clothing") to Elizabeth Warren, and Tea Partiers are likewise looking askew at corporatism.
Consider that the upstart "Brat" who defeated
corporatist neocon Eric Cantor in Virginia stated that Cantor "does not
represent the citizens of the 7th district, but rather large corporations
seeking insider deals, crony bailouts, and constant supply of low-wage
workers."
Mark my words (or, if you prefer, mock my words) there will be an "independents" movement in 2016 that will change the political landscape forever. These independents -- independent of the Democrats, the Republicans, and the corporate media who have until now defined the parameters of political conversation -- will naturally call forth the "interdependence" of progressive greens and libertarian conservatives looking to create a new alliance that finally reunites progressives and populists.
Yes, certain issues will still divide us. And ... as more and more Americans recognize that "divide-and-conquer" has been used against the common people since the days of the Roman empire, the famous Patrick Henry quote, "United we stand, divided we fall" will come to represent a newly-united body politic around the issues 80% or 90 % of us agree on. According to transpartisan activist Lawrence Lessig, more than 90% of Americans believe it's important to reduce the influence of money in politics. The same 90%, however, are resigned to "a corrupt status quo", believing that situation (or more accurately, shituation) won't change any time soon.
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