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Kasz216 on 22 March 2013
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badgenome said:
Kasz216 said:

That might be part of it... but consider Occupy Wallstreet whose main message was "Lobbiests have too much power and are buying officials off.  Give officials more power so they won't be bought off! "

I think a lot of people just don't understand how to stop corruption.

Yeah, that is also a big part of the problem.

But if you really feel like you have no voice, the most logical thing to do is make your vote count for more. Which decentralization of power would do. More control over your own life seems like something everyone should want, but I get the feeling that the allure of attaining a "permanent majority" - however stupid that idea is - is so great that the teams (Republicans after the 2004 election, Democrats today) can't help but salivate over the idea of winning the whole damned shooting match and forcing the enemy tribe to eat shit forever.

That's probably true....

but i don't think it's a consious choice so much as it is people getting in that tribe mindset and therefore it colros everyones perceptions that way.

It's like how a lot of the left wing media wouldn't give Rand Paul an ounce of credit for his drone stance despite the fact that it's exactly the kind of thing they should love.  (And to give credit to Code Pink, they sent Ron Paul a bunch of stuff as a thank you.)

Or how basically no Republican gave Obama any credit for basically running the whole war on terror as if he was Dick Cheney until after the elections and well  Rand Paul started up his anti-drone speech.