Originally Posted by Jody Whitesides
Right now the country the U.S. needs to be emulating is Iceland.

The fact that we haven't jailed the bankers that F'd up the economy and removed/replaced our broken government just baffles me. Its in the constitution as such to replace our government when its no longer of the people for the people - which it clearly isn't.


I share the feeling, only without the bafflement. When all the campaign finance laws gradually unraveled and were ultimately trumped by the Citizens United ruling, a new form of government was created. In this modern system you need a LOT of money to get elected. As a result, politicians need benefactors, and the bigger the benefactor, the more loyal the politician. We like to think politicians are driven by their voters' demands, but it's clear that our politicians more readily answer to a different call. Money talks, so good luck finding a politician who dares say too much about the banks.

We should all be united against the newly-protected influence of money in politics, but instead most citizens view this problem the way we always do—spun to our personal preference. We are more compelled to argue for our favorite tired old talking points, and how any competing tired old talking point is dangerous and wrong. It means that most citizens aren't really doing anything at all other than typing opinions in a vacuum. Meanwhile, the politicians we elect are committed to delivering returns to their investors.

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