Bernie Sanders Unveils A 12 Point Economic Plan To Break The Koch Oligarchs (cross-posted from GD)

[sabrina 1]

18. I can't argue with anything you said regarding how things are.

One thing though, there is nothing in the Constitution that says 'money talks' either, yet THEY managed to get a SC ruling making that the law.

You have to hand it to them, they are COMMITTED, they don't take 'no' for an answer. When they fail, even if it's for years, they never give up. They keep coming back. The form Think Tanks and work at the local levels to build up their 'armies'.

The people are generally apathic until things get so bad they finally realize that something is wrong.

So how do we get the people to be as committed to maintaining a democracy as they are to destroying it?

It would probably take decades to educate people as to what is really going on.

But I am encouraged to be honest, that a whole lot more people ARE educated now than were eg, even a decade ago.

The most relevant question is how we get Representatives into Congress that are not part of oligarchy, not funded and beholden to them.

I think the focus should be there. How to run candidates that CAN defeat the money.

I don't know the answers, but have we really worked on that? Mostly we give in and end up voting for their choices of the 'lesser evil'.

First step, imo, to send the message 'we will not vote for the 'lesser evil' anymore. Rather than the mealy mouthed 'well I don't like (fill in the blank) but if s/he wins the nomination, I will vote for my party'. THAT is all they need. How about starting there and delivering a different message to them?