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None of those ever existed to protect you.
The establishment has failed us and I think that is why we are were we are now. “Everyone Who Was Supposed to Protect You From This Failed Miserably” so sure they failed but we failed as well. Democracy is supposed to be driven from the bottom up, but instead we the people collectively do not pay attention and take responsibility for our our system.
The system was designed from the ground up to make sure only the right kind of people had an actual say in it. The people at the top make damn sure that the people at the bottom have as little freedom to act on their right to vote as possible.
Part of the problem is the will of the people has been superseded by decades of corporate and politicial interests (e.g. Citizens United, Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, Bush v Gore, etc etc).
Perhaps we should have been fighting back, but this is decades in the making.
Saying that’s part of the problem is akin to saying the asteroid was part of the problem for dinosaurs. All you’re really missing is the gutting of critical thinking in public education under Reagan.
Rolling Stone is pissed today.
I like it. We need more of that.They really are. I chose this one because the writing was sharp, and I didn’t really want to spam y’all on what was already a rough day.
But for anyone who doesn’t regularly read Rolling Stone (I didn’t until the Post shat the bed), the political coverage is incisive and pushing the left edge of the Overton window, which is precisely where you want your journalism.
This fucking paywall is part of what failed me. Money grubbing capitalist horse shit.
“The truth is paywalled, but the lies are free.”
Use the Bypass Paywall Clean plug-in if you’re using Firefox.
