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To: Jedidah

Wasn’t this what 1776 was about?


59 posted on 03/18/2016 11:20:17 AM PDT by Right-wing Librarian (We are Trump. WE are Trump. WE ARE TRUMP!)
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To: Right-wing Librarian

Well, no. 1776 was indeed about liberty and individual rights, etc., but against an oppressive government. The subjects of that government had no choice or voice.

We do. Political parties are not governments. They do not govern us. They are mere options. We can come and go from them as we wish. We empower them or make them irrelevant by our participation, which is really the issue here.

The American Revolution empowered us to chose our form of government. The details are up to us, and we’ve let it become a cluttered mess.

If the political parties have become too powerful, too manipulative (and indeed they have), it’s within the power of the electorate to walk away from them and begin new alliances.

We’re probably seeing this happen. It’s too late for new organizations to arise this election year, so we’re probably in for chaos and upheaval this cycle and, perhaps, new options in the future.

That is, unless everyone forgets once November is past.

Your question probably wasn’t serious, but you got a serious answer anyway. ;-)


65 posted on 03/18/2016 12:28:05 PM PDT by Jedidah
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