Reply #65: Kanary, I've read the last series of posts between you and madfloridian

[Beam Me Up]

and I just want to say "I hear you."

There are a percentage of Kerry supporters that really get under my skin. They have, at times, been downright uncivil and rather presumptuous.It often seems to me that they are frightened and rageful beneath the surface. It can be very unpleasant.

I don't need this. I really really don't. I've felt alienated by the political structure of this society all of my adult life. I have points of views about things that are quite at odds with what goes on in this society and, all in all, I see that the most important ones to me are seldom if ever fairly represented.

One of my issues has been the "war on drugs." That was THE ORIGINAL BULL SHIT that has 'morphed' into "the war on terrorism." (tm). The thing that drives me nuts is that I'd seen this coming (and by that I mean an event like 9/11--which was that catalyst for this metamorphosis) for YEARS. "Hey, folks, this isn't just about drug addicts, this is about the structures of power in the national security state and how they fund their fascist operations that, ultimately, stand in direct opposition to the ideals of Law, Order and Democracy." HELLO!

Although individual Democrats might be interested in this line of thinking, for the most part the Democratic party wasn't. Bill Clinton's "I didn't inhale" BULL SHIT was simply an example of the hypocrisy. I came to the conclusion there was only one reason why one would not speak out loudly against the war on drugs; and that was if, at some level, you yourself had already been compromised by the corruption associated with it. You understand, we're no longer talking about "drugs" so much as MONEY LAUNDERING which is where the big bucks are.

We lost an opportunity to clean house in our society after Nixon's resignation. No one wanted to go there because the house cleaning would had to have involved not only Republicans, but Democrats as well.

Well, look where we are now. Look where 30 years of compromising on important issues has gotten us and the Democratic party. We knew thirty years ago that if we didn't begin building an alternative energy infrastructure in our society we would inevitably run into both ecological and social crises the likes of which humanity has never seen before.

Well, here we are. People have allowed themselves to be lied to over and over again by all those people around them they trusted to help them create a truly better word not only for themselves but for everyone. Little by little we've created a nightmare to which we are now only just beginning to awaken.

Yes, George W. Bush must NOT be allowed to occupy the White House for another 4 years. But this isn't about BUSH; this is about the complex structures of social power that made his pResidency not only possible but inevitable. Until those structures are changed, to a certain extent, it will NOT MATTER who is in the white house. NOT because there are no differences in the integrity, intelligence, and morality of the office holder, but because THEY ARE CONSTRAINED by systems of power that are, currently, beyond the reach of law.

Compromises can no longer save us. In fact they never could, except only to prolong the inevitable. I would like to say it is the end of liberalism. Well, it will be, soon enough. Soon enough, those who place their hope in a corrupted system will be ruined by the reality of the corruption itself. And then what? Will they drink the koolaid--or have they "taken the red pill" and are about to discover just how deep this rabbit hole goes?