I'm not a libertarian. I don't associate with a party whatsoever, and said in conversation the other night, "I'd probably vote for a democrat first".
I'll gladly admit that there are "positive steps toward renewal" but that is no guarantee of renewal. You could take 8000 steps in the right direction and still arrive nowhere. You have to assume that the journey is much longer than just several steps.
I understand the cultural significance of a black-man (or a woman, or a hispanic) being elected to the presidency. However, the flaw in the system is such that it doesn't matter who we elect as president, that is my point. It's impossible for me to believe that one president would have the power to positively affect the system without in some way being silenced by the system itself. Electing a president doesn't shift the focus of power in any direction whatsoever.
I don't believe in a two-party system because I don't believe in a party system because I don't believe in a system.
Forget the small steps of electing a black president or a shifting the house majority, where are the giant leaps?
Everywhere we go our rights are being violated, search anywhere for videos of innocent civilians being tased by police. For example, this story of a man who died after being tased by mounties in Montreal. The police immediately seized the video that another passenger shot of the event. What does that tell you about the system?
Yeah, Obama will be a great president, but one president and one small shift the color/religion/heritage/gender of our politicians will never pull us out of a sinking ship.
One day, I'll live in the middle of nowhere and no one will know me. I refuse to participate in this imperfect world.
I agree with some of what you're saying, but you probably should have used an example of tasing from the US rather than Canada to get the point across. There are many examples. The president, while limited in his official powers, has the power as figurehead and representative of the US to the rest of the world to effect change in the opinions of Americans. This effect is extremely apparent in the terms of GW Bush, who for a while, at least, had almost a cult of not only elites but also middle-Americans agreeing with everything he said or did.
You make a strong point. And honestly I am rooting for Obama, I just don't understand how the fact that he's black is such a big deal to people. It'd seem more outrageous to me if Ralph Nader was elected, and I'm pretty sure that Ralph Nader would instigate an unbelievable amount of change in the system, which is a part of the reason he'll never be elected. What worries me is that I believe there is a point where being an extreme centrist is harmful, and i don't think anyone in America should fear the political extreme, every corner of the spectrum has some workable ideas.
The small steps are important in their own way, and I hope the US (if we're smart enough to start moving in the right direction) can stay the course in the only way that it's important, to fix our own problems.
I'll gladly admit that there are "positive steps toward renewal" but that is no guarantee of renewal. You could take 8000 steps in the right direction and still arrive nowhere. You have to assume that the journey is much longer than just several steps.
I understand the cultural significance of a black-man (or a woman, or a hispanic) being elected to the presidency. However, the flaw in the system is such that it doesn't matter who we elect as president, that is my point. It's impossible for me to believe that one president would have the power to positively affect the system without in some way being silenced by the system itself. Electing a president doesn't shift the focus of power in any direction whatsoever.
I don't believe in a two-party system because I don't believe in a party system because I don't believe in a system.
Forget the small steps of electing a black president or a shifting the house majority, where are the giant leaps?
Everywhere we go our rights are being violated, search anywhere for videos of innocent civilians being tased by police. For example, this story of a man who died after being tased by mounties in Montreal. The police immediately seized the video that another passenger shot of the event. What does that tell you about the system?
Yeah, Obama will be a great president, but one president and one small shift the color/religion/heritage/gender of our politicians will never pull us out of a sinking ship.
One day, I'll live in the middle of nowhere and no one will know me. I refuse to participate in this imperfect world.
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The small steps are important in their own way, and I hope the US (if we're smart enough to start moving in the right direction) can stay the course in the only way that it's important, to fix our own problems.
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