Democracy, Now

[chervilant]

8. Sadly, your post obliquely highlights

the primary reason our democracy is crumbling. Better than 40% of us are functionally illiterate. Most of our peers can't even name the last eleven presidents, much less which party they represented. Fewer still would elect to read about the presidents, or any of our other politicians.

Voting is passe, at least to those who don't bother to go to the 'trouble' of showing up at the precincts. Know where candidates stand on the issues? Unless it's a nine second sound bite with great visuals, forget about it!

The members of this forum are a minority, and our activism is mocked by the corporate megalomaniacs who've usurped our media, our politics AND our global economy. Depression is pandemic, and hopelessness vies with anger for primacy, as we watch our 'Grand Experiment' coming apart at the seams.

I am not long for this world, and I rather selfishly celebrate that fact...