Decline and fall: how American society unravelled

[Dustlawyer]

10. +1,000! It's great to see someone else that gets it! The rich and corporations own the politicians

and thus write the laws. They have been manipulating and brainwashing "We the People" for 30 years. The hyper partisanship is merely a tool to get us (the ones who read and follow politics) to treat our identified Party as a sports team where we overlook the "fouls" committed by our "team" except to complain that they are "spineless" as if Democrats had a genetic condition instead of saying they sold out!
If OWS wanted to be effective, the only issue they should push would be for COMPLETE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM (CCFR)! It is the root cause of our problems. In a truly Representative Democracy we would not be talking about the NSA spying on us;
We would already have gay marriage; sensible gun regulations; jobs bill passed; immigration passed;Glass Steigal in place;deficit control; safe social security, Medicare/Medicaid......
Also, we would not have allowed the consolidation of our mass media to 6 companies who distort and lie about the news.
We would not allow the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to plant free, fake newspapers outside of the Courthouses where jurors are selected (check out the Southeasttexasrecord.com for an example of the slanted reporting against Plaintiffs and their attorneys). It should be jury tampering!

We do not have Representative Democracy and have not had it for quite some time!