09-08-2013, 12:58 PM
The problem is that the US is so far away from functioning as a democracy abiding its founding principles and documents. We are fascist and a that is the reality. The founding docs and principles no longer have currency. It a foolish to think they do. The notion of traitor and so forth would apply if the US functioned according to its constitution. Much of that has been tossed aside by laws and court decisions. We've had a coup by the MIC, the wealthy have bought the media and control the message. The people are running on a rat race distracted by consumerism, pop culture, sports, religion, and self.
It appears to me that we are long past the time when the system had to capacity to self correct toward justice, and accountability for wrong doing. Many people, most in fact live with a myth and a false conception of the body politic... that they have rights and there is a functioning democracy and free press.
Capitalists and fascists have cleverly left the veneer in place hiding the bare truth of the world the run and rule. Some people see this, some protest it. Those who are threatening to expose this are destroyed. Most people just try to get by without too much suffering.
It appears to me that we are long past the time when the system had to capacity to self correct toward justice, and accountability for wrong doing. Many people, most in fact live with a myth and a false conception of the body politic... that they have rights and there is a functioning democracy and free press.
Capitalists and fascists have cleverly left the veneer in place hiding the bare truth of the world the run and rule. Some people see this, some protest it. Those who are threatening to expose this are destroyed. Most people just try to get by without too much suffering.