F. George McDuffee wrote:

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Don't confuse moral outrage with the sudden realization that you
have been lied to and have been had big time, although one
frequently results in the other.

In many, but not all, cases the people are getting out of what
they now preceive to be a rigged game, with all the cards stacked
against them.

Ahem, Ed, are you reading this?
HERE is MY political problem - exactly.

As I indicated in other posts, the foundational financial problem
appears to have been the gross proliferation of megalomaniacs in
charge of increasingly powerful institutions rather than any
criminal cabals or plots.

WoW!

However this was possible only because of the general acceptance
of societies's myths and legends such as the unquestioning belief
in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Great
Pumpkin, etc. that brings toys to all the "good" little boys and
girls, i.e. the reality of the existence of a cornucopia or "horn
of plenty," that [only] the megalomaniacs know how to operate. A
second "assumption of facts not in evidence," but widely assumed,
is that the cornucopia operators will share the bounty generated.


Does that include voting for a fellow who tells you what he thinks
you want to hear - then does the opposite when elected?

This paragraph seems to say that We, The People are to blame for
believing what we hear from our candidates.


It should be obvious that a critical reexamination/reevaluation
of the basic beliefs about the way the economy/society works by a
large number of citizens, possibly a majority, will be
"destabilizing," to say the least.



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Richard

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