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Re: THIS is why this whole war is a waste of time. - NO ITS NOT - GO BUILD SOME LEGO!!
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Thu, 10 Apr 2003 20:32:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Terry Prosper writes:
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> The very system of USA politics makes it impossible for many citizens to
> enter the politic arena. There are only 2 parties and these parties are
> making it impossible to anyone to create a third major party. This is not
> freedom, this is not democraty. So I can't help but be sad when I hear
> people say that Iraqis were not free, that SH was a Tyran. Bush is also a
> tyran and us citizens don't have a real democratic system to elect their govt.
There are only two *effective* parties, unless one wants to count the
indirect effect of altering the national debate (Greens and Libertarians).
But yes, the Republicrats have put up barriers to organizing new parties.
It's bad because it suffactes new ideas, but good because you don't get so
fractured that you end up with paralysis of action (but only two seems
overdoing it to me).
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> But who cares? Most people are only preoccupied by their job, their fav.
> sport team or the soap opera shows on TV. Others, who tell themselves they
> are more sophisticated, care about Classic music and litterature. But in
> the end, it's all the same. The govt is an oligarchy, almost inaccessible
> to your average joe.
Go Lakers! Oh, what was that you said?
> I'll stop believing it when I'll see a black person as President, or even as
> candidate for the Democrats (Republicans would rather die than have a black
> person as their candidate). Or a woman. Or a divorced man with a son that
> lives with the mother. Or better yet, someone who openly say that [he
> believes that] God doesn't exist. Or a gay man. Anything. But as far as I
> can remember, all candidates were rich married caucasian man believing in
> God. Now that's a democraty!
The first woman president will most likely be a Republican. The first black
president will also most likely be a Republican. This is not the complement
that it would seem: conservatives feel the most threatened by change or
variation. Thus, they will more stridently oppose women or blacks from the
opposite ranks. One from their own ranks is reassuring, while Democrats
*won't* feel threatened (as much) and will be more willing to vote for them.
-->Bruce<--
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