11-12-2014, 04:21 PM
Tracy Riddle Wrote:Drew Phipps Wrote:Gee, Albert, I find your view point on this extremist, and hope you realize that you don't speak for "the people." Most people that I know actually prefer democracy, as imperfect as it may be.
It's not hopeless. If you don't like America, go out and vote, write your congressman, run for office, or find some other meaningful way to add something of value to the community in which we all live.
15 or 20 years ago, I would have agreed with you, Drew. But we're way beyond that stage now.
Don't you understand that there is an unelected government that dwarfs the thin layer of elected representatives on top, like an iceberg below the surface of the water? That this unelected government goes on and on and grows more powerful, while temporary elected officials come and go and change nothing?
I sadly agree. Anyone who tries to affect serious change will be voted out or killed. It is beyond hopeless. Yesterday I spent about an hour online looking at homes in Costa Rica. As it will just get worse here.
Dawn