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January 23, 2006 at 06:27:07

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Whatever pretensions they may make, no political party operating within the existing system of capitalism represent the large majority of its citizens. Casting our vote for any party within that system only further stacks the deck against us; it assures our defeat through continued servitude to wealth and power. It gives the appearance of legitimacy to illegitimate power. When we chose to withdraw our support from a corrupt system, we reveal it for the fraud that it is.

The defect does not lie in the political parties themselves, as it would appear, but in the system that spawned them. Giving a dying person a transfusion of blood tainted with a lethal virus will not save that patient. It will only prolong his suffering and hasten her decay. We need new blood, new visions, and a new political party. That which is tainted only poisons us and prolongs our agony and suffering.

We must have the courage of our convictions, as well as the strength of character to swim against a swift and powerful current. We must be willing to cut against the grain of deeply entrenched paradigms. The struggle, while difficult and sometimes demoralizing, will make us stronger and better human beings. It is our best hope.

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