What if there is no such thing as Public Opinion?
Savior
2012/02/21 22:03:40
What if the establishment doesn't want or have the consent of the governed?
What if the two-party system was actually a mechanism used to limit so-called Public Opinion?
What if there were more than two sides to every issue? but the two parties wanted to box you into a corner, one of their corners
What if there is no such thing as public opinion? because every thinking person has opinions that are uniquely his/her own.
What if what we call public opinion was just a manufactured narrative that makes it easier to convince people that if they're different then there is something wrong with that or there is something wrong with them?
What if the whole purposes of the Democratic and Republican parties was not to expand voters choices but to limit them?
What if the widely perceived differences between the two parties was just an illusion?
What if the heart of the government's policy stayed the same no matter who was in the white house?
What if the heart of the government's policy remained the same no matter what the people want?
What if the differences between Democrats and Republicans were minor disagreements?
What if both parties want power and are willing to have young people fight meaningless wars to enhance that power?
What if both parties continue to fight the war on drugs to give bureaucrats and cops bigger budgets and more jobs?
What if government's policy didn't change when government leaders did?
What if no matter who won an election, government stayed the same?
What if government was really a revolving door for political hacks bent on exploiting the people once they're in charge?
What if both parties supported welfare, war, debt, bailouts, and big government?
What if the rhetoric that candidates displayed on the campaign trail was dumped after electoral victory?
What if Barack Obama campaigned as an anti-war, pro-civil liberties candidate and then waged senseless wars while assaulting your rights that the constitution is supposed to protect?
What if George W. Bush campaigned on a platform of non-intervention and small government and then waged a foreign policy of muscular military intervention and domestic policy of vast government borrowing and growth?
What if Bill Clinton declared the era of big government was over but actually convinced Republicans like Newt Gingrich that they can get what they want out of big government too?
What if the Republicans went along with it?
What if Ronald Reagan spent 6 years running for president promising to shrink the government, but then the government grew while he was in the white house?
What if notwithstanding Reagan's ideas, cheerfulness, and libertarian rhetoric, there really was no Reagan Revolution at all?
What if all of this is happening again?
What if Rick Santorum is being embraced by voters who want small government, even though Senator Santorum voted for the Patriot act, for an expansion of medicare, and for raising the debt ceiling by trillions of dollars?
What if Mitt Romney is being embraced by voters who want anybody but Barack Obama, but they don't realize Mitt Romney might as well be Barack Obama on everything from warfare to welfare?
What if Ron Paul is being ignored by the media not because as it claims he is unappealing or unelectable, but because he doesn't fit into the pre-manufactured public opinion mold used by the establishment; to pigeon hole the electorate and to create the so called narrative that drives media coverage of elections?
What if the biggest differences between most candidates was not of substance but style?
What if those stylistic differences were packaged as substantive ones to reinforce the illusion of a difference between Democrats and Republicans?
What if Mitt Romney wins and ends up continuing most of the same policies Obama promoted?
What if Barack Obama's policies are merely extensions of those from George W. Bush?
What if a government that manipulated us could be fired?
What if a government that lacked the true and knowing consent of the governed can be dismissed?
What if it were possible to have a real game changer?
What if we need a Ron Paul to preserve and protect or freedoms from the government?
What if we can make elections matter again?
What if we could do something about this?
What if the two-party system was actually a mechanism used to limit so-called Public Opinion?
What if there were more than two sides to every issue? but the two parties wanted to box you into a corner, one of their corners
What if there is no such thing as public opinion? because every thinking person has opinions that are uniquely his/her own.
What if what we call public opinion was just a manufactured narrative that makes it easier to convince people that if they're different then there is something wrong with that or there is something wrong with them?
What if the whole purposes of the Democratic and Republican parties was not to expand voters choices but to limit them?
What if the widely perceived differences between the two parties was just an illusion?
What if the heart of the government's policy stayed the same no matter who was in the white house?
What if the heart of the government's policy remained the same no matter what the people want?
What if the differences between Democrats and Republicans were minor disagreements?
What if both parties want power and are willing to have young people fight meaningless wars to enhance that power?
What if both parties continue to fight the war on drugs to give bureaucrats and cops bigger budgets and more jobs?
What if government's policy didn't change when government leaders did?
What if no matter who won an election, government stayed the same?
What if government was really a revolving door for political hacks bent on exploiting the people once they're in charge?
What if both parties supported welfare, war, debt, bailouts, and big government?
What if the rhetoric that candidates displayed on the campaign trail was dumped after electoral victory?
What if Barack Obama campaigned as an anti-war, pro-civil liberties candidate and then waged senseless wars while assaulting your rights that the constitution is supposed to protect?
What if George W. Bush campaigned on a platform of non-intervention and small government and then waged a foreign policy of muscular military intervention and domestic policy of vast government borrowing and growth?
What if Bill Clinton declared the era of big government was over but actually convinced Republicans like Newt Gingrich that they can get what they want out of big government too?
What if the Republicans went along with it?
What if Ronald Reagan spent 6 years running for president promising to shrink the government, but then the government grew while he was in the white house?
What if notwithstanding Reagan's ideas, cheerfulness, and libertarian rhetoric, there really was no Reagan Revolution at all?
What if all of this is happening again?
What if Rick Santorum is being embraced by voters who want small government, even though Senator Santorum voted for the Patriot act, for an expansion of medicare, and for raising the debt ceiling by trillions of dollars?
What if Mitt Romney is being embraced by voters who want anybody but Barack Obama, but they don't realize Mitt Romney might as well be Barack Obama on everything from warfare to welfare?
What if Ron Paul is being ignored by the media not because as it claims he is unappealing or unelectable, but because he doesn't fit into the pre-manufactured public opinion mold used by the establishment; to pigeon hole the electorate and to create the so called narrative that drives media coverage of elections?
What if the biggest differences between most candidates was not of substance but style?
What if those stylistic differences were packaged as substantive ones to reinforce the illusion of a difference between Democrats and Republicans?
What if Mitt Romney wins and ends up continuing most of the same policies Obama promoted?
What if Barack Obama's policies are merely extensions of those from George W. Bush?
What if a government that manipulated us could be fired?
What if a government that lacked the true and knowing consent of the governed can be dismissed?
What if it were possible to have a real game changer?
What if we need a Ron Paul to preserve and protect or freedoms from the government?
What if we can make elections matter again?
What if we could do something about this?
When we revolt, and stop voting for the candidates offered to us, we might actually make a difference.
Unfortunately, I see no revolution in the future. Everyone is embroiled in the non-issues, and unable to see that we are manipulated into staying that way. Mass media is the major tool used to keep us distracted from the real issues.
We don't need "a Ron Paul", we need a small brigade of Ron Pauls. I don't agree with Paul on every single issue - no one is right all the time. But we need hundreds of people who are LIKE Ron Paul, who think outside of the media mandated boxes we find ourselves in. We need hundred, or even thousands, of people who are willing to serve the AMERICAN PEOPLE, instead of serving corporate interests - primarily banking interests.