Ron Paul Farewell speech live
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Who are they going to revolt against?
10s of millions of people vote. They believe in the system.
The problem isn't the politicians, it's the people who elect them. You can't change politicians over and over and think it is going to change the problems with a system which is fundamentally flawed and totally out of control.
Not to mention if a politician lies to you (they never lie, right?) you can't do anything about it until the next election. There is ZERO accountability if a politician doesn't do what he says he will do.
You need to be thinking like the American founders when they left Europe. Travel.
Ron and I agree that voting without a change in the prevailing morality of the people won't change anything, and people who are obsessed with voting aren't interested in morality, but rather in the enforcement of laws.
Laws cannot make a people moral, and moral people do not need many (if any) laws.
Politicians are a reflection of the electorate.
Use a threat of violence to take someone's money = crime
Hire an agent to use a threat of violence to take someone's money = crime
Gather several people to use a threat of violence to take someone's money = crime
Gather several people to vote for a politician to use a threat of violence to take someone's money = LEGAL!
Hire an agent to use a threat of violence to take someone's money = crime
Gather several people to use a threat of violence to take someone's money = crime
Gather several people to vote for a politician to use a threat of violence to take someone's money = LEGAL!
Gotta agree with G. What is the percentage of people that DIDN'T vote for one of the two major parties? < 1% So although quite a few people know about it they won't give it the time of day or don't see a reason to do so.
It blows my mind that people aren't willing to vote to change things.
Who's taking over from him?
How the fuck did Obama get elected? Maybe it was his secret kill list that the people liked most. Or could it have been higher taxes, or that he lies constantly?
citation [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4puS-yjwsiE"]"Words Matter" Obama Lies Documented (in his own words) - YouTube[/ame]
How the fuck did Obama get elected? Maybe it was his secret kill list that the people liked most. Or could it have been higher taxes, or that he lies constantly?
citation [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4puS-yjwsiE"]"Words Matter" Obama Lies Documented (in his own words) - YouTube[/ame]
Well, 43% of eligible voters didn't vote. Out of those that did, 1.2 million people voted for Gary Johnson, which would be about 1% of them. As for the other third party candidates, nearly 800,000 votes were cast for them.
With Ross Perot getting 19% of the vote in 1992 and the country in direr straits now, I don't trust Gary Johnson's 1% number for two seconds.
And to think there was no internet back then...
Perot bought entire blocks of prime time network television, was in the debates, received tons of mainstream news coverage, etc. Johnson's national exposure was very small in comparison.
How many LP members of Congress are there?
What's the highest % of votes an LP candidate has ever pulled?
How many state elected officials are from the LP?
How many municipal?
Ron Paul would pull more votes than the LP.
When you're pulling 1% or less, I think it's safe to say you're on the fringe.
In middle school - high school, back in the day, the shoes were Nike or Converse. Occasionally, Reebok or Adidas would pop up. The 'dress' shoes were similar, there were Timberlands or Eastlands. The kids will make fun of other kids who wear other brands. And they would certainly put you out of the school if you came in barefoot.
Occasionally a kid could get away with something like Sauconys if they were serious about running. For a while, some kids wore BKs, until the rumor got around that there were white supremacist propaganda embedded under the soles (you would have to destroy the shoe to see it, so no one actually tried to look).
Extend that to clothes, food, school supplies, TV shows, ..., and most all of us experienced it at an early age- what it is like to not represent a Big Brand. The way they run elections nowadays exploits that feeling.
A lot of people didn't vote, or at least didn't vote for President. Those are the people who essentially said fuck going to school today.