What scares you the most about politics in this country?

[Dawgs]

Mine is the stupidy by most of the electorate. I'm including everyone that is apathetic, ignorant, or just plain dumb.

No, the Democrats are not even close to being perfect, but you would have to be as dumb as a rock not to see that they are so much better than the Republicans.

The lack of turnout in the San Diego election, my co-worker complaining about losing our health-care, and the still "way too high" poll numbers for Republican bigotry are making me feel really ill today.

HOW CAN PEOPLE BE THIS FUCKING DUMB?

Every Black, Gay, and Latino American should be looking forward to the day when they can vote these bastards out. Every other American that isn't in the top 10% of financial earnings should be telling every other American how much this Republican Administration and Congress are screwing us. Why isn't this the case?

Maybe I'm just having a bad day. I don't know. But, if Americans don't wake up by November and get out to vote against these fuckers I will have lost all hope in mankind.

[liberal N proud]

1. I agree: Never thought the intelligence in this country was this low

[bryant69]

2. Ideologues

Of all stripes.

But of course conservative Ideologues tend to go in for hatred and violence; and leftists not as much. So I think they are a bigger problem.

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[leftofthedial]

3. about 70% of Murkans have no business voting

and about 70% of those don't . . .

[AX10]

4. One word: Apathy.

[ixion]

5. what scares me most is the oligarchy that controls the politics of

this country.

The unholy trinity of uber-wealth, corporatism and religious extremism will certainly bring about our undoing. :cry:

[Homer12]

6. Fundi's, Fundi's, Fundi's!

Did I mention born-again fundamentalist christians?

They will be the death of us all (becuase they KNOW that jesus will save them becuase they are all afraid of death).

[neoblues]

7. For me it's the alignment of the ruling Triumvirate...

(1)Wealth/Corporations <-> (2)Mega-Media Corporations/Control <-> (3)Republican/Conservative/NeoCon/TheoCons

All three overlapping, conjoined and complicit in dominating everything. They've been becoming more and more blatant/unrestrained over the last decade or so--as the fruits of their well laid plans have become ripe.


Edit: remove accidental smileys

[Warpy]

12. My triumvirate is a little different

it's the Pentagon, the government, and the military contractors like Carlyle.

We can't afford much more of this one.

[MadHound]

8. What scares me is the extent to which corporate money

And corporate power has infected not only both parties, but our entire governmental structure, from the local level(at least in larger cities) to the national level.

This infection of money and power has essentially changed who the constituents that our reps work for. Instead of working for we the people, they now work for their corporate masters. Thus we see the rise of the DLC, and the drastic rightward movement of both parties.

If we want honest government, one which represents the will of the people, then we have absolutely got to take corporate money out of the electoral equation. The only feasible way this can be done is to publicly fund each and every election, from dogcatcher to president. You take money out of the equation, then you will see a government that is much more responsive to the voters.

I think if you did that you would actually see the apathy in this country decrease. I know many many people who don't vote, for the simply reason that they realize that we're living under a two party/same corporate master system of government, and their feeling is why bother. I can see their point, but I'm a stubborn SOB, so I keep fighting and voting and staying involved in politics. But if you showed people that they do indeed make a difference once more, you'll see the levels of voter participation shoot up dramatically.

[zonmoy]

18. I agree with you so how exactly are we going to make both parties

no longer rotten to the core with corporate and fascistic money.

[RufusEarl]

9. The fix is in, that's what scares me the most.

I afraid we can't win elections even with the best candidate, when we have e voting.

[Warpy]

10. Most people are overworked, overscheduled, and

have little leisure time. They have to trust the evening news to tell them the NEWS because between work and household jobs, they just don't have the time to go picking through web stories to find out what's going on. Yes, only 12% say the major media are trustworthy, but they still rely on them to find out what's going on. Sad.

People aren't any dumber than they used to be, they're just overextended, rushed, and being lied to every step of the way.

That's why word of mouth is so important, why it's imperative to growl "liar!" at those TV sets that seem to be in every retail establisment out there, multiplying like bacteria, why it's so important to validate anyone who says anything against this administration. It's also why it's imperative to keep saying "that's the most uncrhistian thing I've ever heard in my life" every time some right wing fundy nutcase spouts off.

Word of mouth is the one thing they can't control. Word of mouth is the one way we have left to educate people. It's the one way we have to make people around us just a little less ignorant and trusting.

[Dawgs]

15. I'm sorry, but I have to disagree.

The news doesn't have to tell them that they need to work two jobs, pay higher gas prices, pay more for health care, and that it's too fucking hot outside.

I'm sorry, but I'm not buying that "it's the media's fault".

[Warpy]

22. No but it does tell them the economy is peachy and that

if they're doing badly in SUCH A GREAT ECONOMY, it must be all their fault!

[meganmonkey]

11. People who think that elections are the answer

People who think that a corrupt, broken system can be used by the people to fix itself, when in reality the system is working against those people and for corporations and maybe a foreign gov't or two.

People who call everyone else stupid, ignorant or apathetic, when most of the people who never vote refrain from doing so because they know that neither major party will EVER represent them.

People who think that more than about 10% of the Democrats in power (yes still more than the repubs, but not good enough IMO) actually give half a shit about their needs.

Those are the things that scare me the most about politics in this country.

Peace.

[Master Mahon]

13. I agree but VOTER FRUAD worse

[texastoast]

14. Apathy of the American people n/t

[Quantess]

16. Elections can be stolen.

Our votes don't always count. That's the scariest.

[ktlyon]

17. The complete lack of politics

We are rapidly becoming a one party politic. I would really like to see a wider range of political views. Our two centrist conservative parties is not enough. The left has been getting more and more left out.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

19. Apathy

People have filled their lives with "busy work." Can't get through the day without their cell phones, gotta shuffle the kids to all kinds of "activities" and "play dates." On the corporate treadmill, where "our gubmint" wants them. Don't have time to pay any attention to all that stuff. I don't know... Time to turn off the 'puter and go watch KO.

[BlooInBloo]

20. The weakest point of any democracy: its voters.

[WA98296]

21. Beginning to believe that it's too late to change anything...