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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-10 10:27 PM
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7. The idea of a democratic government has been completely destroyed in our lifetimes.
Edited on Sat Dec-04-10 10:29 PM by Judi Lynn
We've learned upward mobility is simply a myth now, schools have been failing for ages, and now we learn they are being re-segregated, as well.

In the meantime Republicans have completely gutted our infrastructure, and hacked away at the constitution like men/women possessed.

It's good to see your call to consciousness here: moving to know there's someone out there watching, taking it all in, thinking about it day and night, researching, actively working for the change we need so desperately.

We've come too far to allow them to tear our world apart now. What has been done destructively so quickly, can be steadily replaced by a system of real values for real people, and it will take a massive effort. Seeing things get worse than this is almost inconceivable, but that's where we're headed without a coming to life, a resurrection of spirit in our culture.

We've seen a lot of US Americans have handled this hardship very well, have learned to live with less very quickly, very responsibly, without chewing the scenery.

Getting back to basics, like HONEST, true, actual voting looks like the starting place, doesn't it? How can we have a clean government without truthful elections?

Thanks for the reading recommendations, and your thoughts.
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