> Part of his complaint, though he didn't state it, is that it's just too damn hard to get the elected officials to ACTUALLY REPRESENT the people who they SUPPOSEDLY REPRESENT. And I think that's a fair criticism of our government, the officials answer more to their corporate sponsors (who largely don't mind tending towards actively support) this kind of thing, rather than to the people.
As politically apathetic as the American population is now, we are a part of the problem. Our reps certainly have their problems, but let's not pretend like we're not at fault either. Our apathy allowed things to get like they did. That doesn't make us all terrible people, it just means we need to do more as citizens to keep our crooked politicians honest.
In the same time it takes to write some of these whiney posts, a letter could have been written or a call made. We can sit and debate whether the letter or the call did anything, or we could all just sack up and do it and potentially benefit from it.
Does a woman who wears revealing clothing deserve to get raped?
You're blaming the victim.
Yes we are responsible for not voting these criminals out of office, but that doesn't make what they do any less reprehensible. At least acknowledge that they're in the wrong. I also think it's terrible that it's our job to keep them honest. It's their job to keep themselves honest! That's why they were elected! If we can't trust them to be honest (and it seems clear to me that we can't) perhaps we ought to explore different ways of governing.
As politically apathetic as the American population is now, we are a part of the problem. Our reps certainly have their problems, but let's not pretend like we're not at fault either. Our apathy allowed things to get like they did. That doesn't make us all terrible people, it just means we need to do more as citizens to keep our crooked politicians honest.
In the same time it takes to write some of these whiney posts, a letter could have been written or a call made. We can sit and debate whether the letter or the call did anything, or we could all just sack up and do it and potentially benefit from it.