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ajc · 3621 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why the recovery isn't helping Democrats in the midterm polls
The mistake your making here is that if you vote in an election in the US, that your voice really matters. You could vote, r, d, mickey mouse, or count chocula, and in the end, the only voices that matter are the ones writing the checks (the Kock brothers, Wall St, the Silicon Alley sharks, etc.)
briandmyers · 3620 days ago · link ·
This is a product of the two-party system. The two parties serve to give the appearance of debate and choice, but you get no say, in all those things they agree upon. As Chomsky has said, there's really only one party in the USA, the business party.