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"If we cannot hold them to account HERE, in the Land of the Free, what chance has the rest of the world, whose histories are all packed with tyrants, where total power has nearly always rested in a single, all powerful ruler?"
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Contrary to the propaganda of our corpo/fascist 'news' monopolies, Bushwhacks and collusive 'Democrats,' democracy is alive and well in South America, where leftist (majorityist) governments have been elected in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile--an overwhelming, peaceful, democracy movement that is now moving into Central Amercia (leftist governments elected in Nicaragua and Guatemala; Honduras leaning left; El Salvador likely going left this year; and probably Mexico in the next election cycle).
Some marked characteristics of the many countries that have elected leftist governments: transparent vote counting (U.S. voters, take note!), strong grass roots political activity and social movements, AND bringing the murderers and torturers of previous U.S. supported dictatorships to account, even if it takes decades of effort, investigation and prosecution.
Where is democracy and the rule of law prospering? In the very countries where Exxon Mobil & brethren claim there are "dictatorships."
I think you are suffering from myopia, in this anguished cry about our own corpo/fascist junta. I sympathize with your anguish, but I think we have some fine models, to the south, for how to recover from corp/fascist rule. Number one, top priority, something we MUST DO: restore transparent vote counting!
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