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Citizens United pretty much assured that ordinary people will continue to lose...

But they earned their money 100% fair and 100% square. Everyone is capable of becomming wealthy. If they aren't they are just too lazy!

The only beef I have with this is:

DRM and content protection undercuts the individual’s ability to use purchased content as they see fit

If you look at the terms when you buy digital media/products (be it software, music, movies, etc..) you are paying for the use of it - you don't own it. Copying music and movies isn't losing "the ability to use purchased content as they see fit" - it is called stealing. Someone actually created the "content" and deserves to get paid for it. Now, the prices that the distributors charge is obscene and is a different issue altogether...

Upton Sinclair said it best back in the 1950s:

"The American People will take Socialism, but they won't take the label. I certainly proved it in the case of EPIC. Running on the Socialist ticket I got 60,000 votes, and running on the slogan to 'End Poverty in California' I got 879,000. I think we simply have to recognize the fact that our enemies have succeeded in spreading the Big Lie. There is no use attacking it by a front attack, it is much better to out-flank them."

Socialism is a dead letter in this country. All this "Under GOD, dammit!" stuff has had the intended effect of inoculating the masses against socialism, due to its unfortunate association with aggressive state atheism back in the day.

I consider myself a leftist but I understand that this is a pipe dream. Too many stupid people here able to be "fooled all of the time".

The core problem is singe-issue voting. My mom is militantly pro-life so the Republicans have locked up her vote at literally no cost to them.

In 2004, 22% of the electorate said "Moral Values" was the most important issue. These people voted 80% for Bush in 2004 -- nice having 18% of the electorate in your pocket starting out. Combine that with the 20% uber-capitalists and wannabes, that's a 38% coalition, just about what that teatard in Delaware is polling now.

Another problem is that perhaps we are just too big as a nation to be able to implement leftism effectively. Canada, Norway, Australia, Denmark etc either have 5M people in the size of the state of California or 30M spanning an entire continent. Perhaps the larger a population is the more difficult it is for government to work. Too easy "running against Washington".

But my bottom line is this: If you see the world in terms of Left & Right, you really aren’t seeing the world at all . . .

Thank you !

BobbyS says

But they earned their money 100% fair and 100% square. Everyone is capable of becomming wealthy. If they aren’t they are just too lazy!

Damn right! And anyone who doesn't like the system is free to go out and buy their own senator and change it...

So you agree that Corporations are indeed "people" with the same rights but NONE of the same responsibilities?

There's nothing fair and square about it, its a rigged game.

Troy says

“The American People will take Socialism,

They already have. Police, fire depts, highways, Medicare, libraries, unemplyment insurance...