Why are we pretending that we still live in a democracy?
Last week, we all watched as five madmen who sit on the Supreme Court committed murder in plain view. They murdered all of our freedoms. They turned each and every one of us into corporate “property.” They murdered any hopes we may have held for a better life or a better world. They murdered the United States of America.
Do you think these are extreme statements? Think again.
Corporations are now free to buy any and all politicians. They are free to peddle any propaganda they want to peddle. They can spend whatever is needed to convince a vast majority of Americans to do and believe whatever they want them to do and believe. There are no longer any limits or restraints on corporations.
And who’s going to say “no” to them? Suppose that someone walked up to you and offered to spend a billion dollars to get you elected to congress. And that in return for doing what you’re told to do, you can have anything you want. Are you too principled to be bought for a million dollars? How about a billion? How about 10 billion? How about 20? And for everyone who can’t be bought, there are countless others who can.
Of course, we could always amend the Constitution to overturn what these maniacs have done. All we need is two thirds of both the House and the Senate to approve a Constitutional Amendment. And then three quarters of the states would have to approve it. My guess is that it would be easier to walk from here to Mars than to get an amendment to take back our freedoms from the corporations.
Health care, jobs, election reforms, reigning in Wall Street, regulating banks, and whatever else seemed to be possible are now dead illusions. The corporations will move quickly between now and the election this November to consolidate their ownership of us. And their propaganda machinery will kick into full gear and tell you that what is happening to you is not happening to you.
So long, America. It was nice while it lasted. But short of a full scale, second American Revolution, it’s all over.
