Our Republic Raped and Still No Revolution!

Joel S. Hirschhorn

Are Americans ready for a revolution? What worse than the current meltdown of the financial sector, the unraveling of our economy, and burdening us and future generations with astounding debt is needed to convince Americans that the two-party plutocracy has sold out ordinary Americans? What we are witnessing is far worse than the taxation without representation that spurred the American Revolution. Taxation with MISrepresentation is a greater evil and shameful sellout of democracy that so many Americans have fought and died for.

Yet, despite over 80 percent of Americans saying that the nation is on the wrong track – BEFORE the current financial crisis, Americans sheepishly seem ready and willing this year to keep voting for Democrats and Republicans. If they had one shred of the smartness and courage of our nation’s Founders, they would overwhelmingly vote for third party presidential candidates to send the clearest and most patriotic message possible to the ruling class that has both major parties in their pocket.

Ousting Democrats and Republicans is more justified and needed than removing the tyranny of the King of England. Our elected domestic tyranny operating as a plutocracy masquerading as a democracy has been raping our nation. Yet middle class victims seem more than willing to keep bending over and asking for more pain and insult as they fall hook, line and sinker for the lies of both Barack Obama and John McCain.

It is far too easy, with the financial sector meltdown, for Americans to only blame Republicans. But Bill Clinton started the deregulation of the financial sector and every evil and stupid thing George W. Bush and Republicans have done could not have happened without the cooperation of corrupt and cowardly Democrats in Congress. They too have inflicted economic sodomy on us and contributed to disgracing our Constitution.

What incredible absurdity that the government seems ready to spend $700 billion to bail out countless crooked, mismanaged and greedy companies (and similar money on the Iraq war) and not ever seriously propose to spend that kind of money on rebuilding the nation’s crumbling physical infrastructure that would immediately create millions of new good paying jobs desperately needed by the middle class.

Now is the time for Americans to wake up, stand up and vote down Republicans and Democrats. How wonderful it would be if the candidate that claims the presidency only receives, say, 20 percent of all eligible voters. This is the first necessary step for we the people to take back OUR country.

[Contact Joel S. Hirschhorn through www.delusionaldemocracy.com.]

Uh OK Joel,
I should have mentioned this to you before. You are in Indigo territory now and that " Grab you by the lapels, shout in my face, patronizing style" is just not going to fly.

Love the message, just dial down the windmill of fists. It is an unusual assortment of folks here but they are all extremely intelligent.

Alright I paid my 2 cents.

Hehehe - welcome to IS Statusquobuster, even if you hadn't listed where you're from I'd be able to tell from what you wrote that you live in the DC area I hear you...

And I can honestly say that Americans (and I'm speaking of Americans in general) DON'T WANT A REVOLUTION. They don't want a revolution because they would have to change the way they live...the way they do business....the way they think. They are comfortable the way they are; with their gas guzzling SUV's and their McMansions, their revolving credit and 401K's. To admit that change is needed would mean that they would have to give up some of the things that they identify with "the good life" and they are not willing to do that.

Not yet.

And so there will not be a revolution. At least not in America. Because Americans have so much that they can not see their way clear to giving it all up for something intangible, like an idea or a belief.

Instead there will be a paradigm shift.

The changes will occur - are occuring - whether people are ready or not. It will not be fun. It will not be easy. But it will happen.

it is important to take all of this changes with peace and in harmony.
otherwis eyoull just get tossed turned draggged pulled and pushed as you hold onto that which is no longer needed.

yeah i feel compassion for those who choose to hold on, its just them living in illusion that keeps them from letting go truly.