General Discussion

"By the People, For the People" has been such a laughable fucking slogan for as long as I've been conscious. Maybe you 40s, 50s and 60s kids had it different at some point. My brain only matured to reality and politics when Reagan was elected (Gen X U-N-I-T-E!), and it's been nothing but a money grab, serving the rich and powerful and "fuck all y'all" to anyone not in that group. It was fuck the planet, fuck your health, and fuck them kids since forever. Even when we had a great leader like Obama, we only got crumbs to the best of his ability. Why? Donor class. PACs, Citizen United. We (and others) enslaving other nations and raping the world, so that the stockholders would have a better day, bigger houses could be bought, another yacht could be sailed, another private jet could be boarded. And our shit leadership is sooooo fucking beholden to other interests, it paralyzes them to do right here. $961 billion/year on defense to lose to Iran, while still letting kids go hungry, vets go homeless, so many have to choose health care OR rent OR food. Because "fuck all y'all" from the expensive seats.

As long as I've been around, WE haven't mattered much. "It's a big club, and you ain't in it." And it's not just US.