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  • These 2 are actually very similar. Both in my book are cynical, mean old men who have the inability to enjoy the world around them because of what other people did for them (McCain tortured in Vietnam, Carlin upset by the retards running the world he lived in). The difference is that Carlin was a logical idealist/realist (hard to find at same time) with good ideas, and when McCain crashed in Nam his head shot up his ass and was never removed.

  • @rustyschackleford100 Oh, yeah, and the other difference is that Carlin is funny and people love him and he doesn't want to bomb other countries. Yeah, that's the other difference...

  • Great mashup

  • Fake

  • @GamingResistance Here's my response to your clever detective work:

    NO SHIT, SHERLOCK!

    (I got that from YOUR playbook. Ain't it great?)

  • @GamingResistanceFan You're Fake.

  • @GamingResistanceFan Thank you, Captain Obvious, sir, we know that. It obviously doesn't sound like John McCain, but I will give you the benefit of the doubt just in case you haven't heard John McCain, or what George Carlin sounds like. Good day sir.

  • LOL brilliant

  • Shit, life aint the same without Carlin.

  • a nation of courage? lol

  • What the fuck is this horseshit?

  • Letting a private bank with a FED name controlled by private bankers controlling the economy and puting the government into debt is also constitutional. But who gives a fuk as long as i have facebook and food my life is going good.

  • @aaimp unconstitutional ***

  • WEll done. hats off

  • bet they cannot enter MY HOUSE....or not without 8 hours and a trip across the ocean

  • Somehow I don't think Carlin would approve of this lol. Wrong politician.

  • @SubaruOfTheTriad I thought that Carlin's point was that there is no right politician.

  • @hitmansnightmare Exactly.

  • Conservatives ftw! XD

  • Do you think if you typed 'Google' into google it would explode? Just perplex in on itself giant fucking murshroom cloud =_=

  • * I have lived the hellish nightmare for fighting for my rights! My child at 2yrs old was unlawfully kidnapped all for things you are talking about. Please youtube my name Amy Charron. It has blown minds worldwide and still no justice....It was all rigged and Rick Perry running for President was in on it as well!

  • Alright !

  • five wars have already takin place without the approval of congress the 1st was the war of 1812,2nd was the mexican war,3rd was spanish-american war 4th and 5th was world war 1&2.

  • HAHAHAHAHA! Class!

  • Like...

    Trying to drink tea with republicans. One of obamas major goals was settling diplomatic bounds with the (R) party.

    One possibility, and also stupidity (american) might have been to dig in with the warmonger attitude, anything obama might find proceeding to this goal.

    As a cheat, the republicans might have persuaded obama to fight in libya to later convict him for this issue, as bush never was upon till now.

  • Why can't you all just enjoy Carlin's comedy, which is hilarious, and the great job done with the voice-over with John McCain? Referring to Carlin's angel bit, what are you all fucking stupid?

  • brilliant!!!!!!

  • HAHAHHAHAHHAAHHAHAHA

  • funny i don't need to hear politicians to know that they're bullshitting

  • HAHAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHHAA!!!!!!!­

  • Fuckin' A.

  • 2 things:

    Indiana State Supreme Court ruled a couple weeks ago that cops can enter your home for ANY or NO reason, as long as they have "a feeling" they should enter your house. That guts the 4th amendment. Warrantless searches = police-state.

    Secondly, congress just passed a bill giving the President authorization to start worldwide war without any congressional approval.

    Even intelligent, moral Americans are too hypnotized by sports & cell-phones & trying to "be cool" to notice....

  • @TheArbiter74 At least someone is paying attention to whats really going on; when that sort of shit starts to happen, you know its time to seriously evaluate our so called Freedom and right to privacy! People are too. fucking brainwashed by their pathetic efforts to try and outdo each other that they really don't care what our government does to them. They might as well drop their drawers and bend over 24/7!

  • @ZanyJIntPictures BINGO! I like ur style kid!

  • @TheArbiter74 In response to your second point:

    Do you REALLY believe that bullshit?

    There is NOT WAY the republicans would let that go through, with OBAMA in the white house? Yeah right.

  • @acekiller121 It doesn't matter who's in the white house. The President is just an icon. Someone to represent a country, so that we still think that the citizens are running the country through the president.

  • @TheArbiter74 Actually, you didn't read the decision. They rulled that cops don't have the right to enter your home without a warrant, however, if they do, a citizen does not have the right to resist or assault them.

    As for the other statement you made, did you sleep through government in high school? The president has the right to declare war for 90 days without congressional support. This is not a new law, but one that's been around for over 35 years.

  • @ecwthugs Dude, read what you just wrote. READ IT SLOW. Essentially the cops don't need a warrant to enter, "however, if they do, a citizen does not have the right to resist or assault them." That pretty much makes it a warrantless search. Citizens have been stripped of their rights.

  • @BTC141 No, because whatever the cops find will be thrown out in court. However, it does benefit cops when some junkie crackhead shoots a cop coming through the door and claims self-defense. Cops still need a warrant, slick.

  • @TheArbiter74 whoa, dude, I agree that, the stuff you mentioned is total bullshit and and the government has fucked us over. but "too hypnotized by sports & cell-phones & trying to "be cool" to notice...." that?? no way, we just can't do anything about it. "be cool" what are you a 90's spokesperson from D.A.R.E?! or whatever the hell that program was? just, say, no! hahaha yeah, just tell congress, "no" see what happens. nothing! That why so many Americans believe the some sort of god delusion!

  • @TheArbiter74 Sooo youre telling me that CONGRESS passed a law that allows the president to go to war without the permission of CONGRESS? Umm the government isnt fucked up that bad dude.

  • @Robbieifyoucan

    No, there isnt such a law. To settle a serious issue first, bush did the same thing, yet after his 2 terms people began to question his actions that led to the still pending question if bush should be trialed for the same offence.

    But as obama made the same mistake, he gets into the same trouble a whole lot sooner. If it wasnt for people to call prosecution against obama, they would probably neglect bush out of it.

    Because obama is black.

    Because obama makes his own mistakes?

  • @Robbieifyoucan

    Also...

    If your corrupt, laws or rules should not trouble your progress, cause corruption is a cheat, and laws and rules may be rioted for, it doesnt affect the corruption and they top it with media lies.

    several million arabs have been killed by neglecting many laws on americas behalf.

    But the book of laws says differently right?

    Heck how strange.

    The american government is that fucked up, it just depends from which angle you view this issue.

  • @TheArbiter74

    Sad day in Hell. Cannot wait for 12-21-2012 when the World will have a monumental shift of enlightenment! Until then, God Bless us all!

  • @TheArbiter74 Same shit happens down here in Brazil, and we say the same thing about the people. Guess this thing is a worldwide plague.

  • @TheArbiter74 Thats whats wrong with the constitution much like the bible it doesnt make sense' Law is an ideology' make no omission You have the right to remain silent anything you say can and will be used against you' Law has no moral basis unless there is a contractual agreement we live within the concepts of ideologies with no definition to purpose' Communism is a coercion so who are these people fooling who are fighting a war to defend freedom when its just economics?

  • @TheArbiter74 I live in Indiana....I actually made a statement to my uncle on Facebook about that, and he told me I was just paranoid...2 days later he called me and was like...Holy shit, did you just see the news? And I was just laughing at him thinking...DUH..do you think they actually give to shits about that missing girl in Bloomington? NO, it was all just a distraction... And people label ME a conspiracy buff...I just call it "paying attention"....Glad to see im not the only one though! ha

  • @TheArbiter74 Easy Problem to fix Get a gun And then You tell them when they come in your house!

  • @TheArbiter74 dont worry, the end of the american superpower/ the american epoch is just around the corner, and that will happen when kapitalism reaches its limit, the 900+ ppl controlling america will have taken too much from the people and they will riot, The usa will go under in chaos and what will happen with the rest of the world depends on what we do now. if they only could say: "hey, we are rich and powerful enough, lets stop and share" but sadly money and power is an addiction.

  • @TheArbiter74 not just americans europeans are no different I should know I am an european

  • @TheArbiter74 Where di you hear that congress passed a bill giving the president authorization to declare a worldwide war without approval?

  • @allstar00442288 Where did you get your goat, I mean Ghost, or ghost payroll job, or whatever? STOP ASKING STUPID QUESTIONS, TROLL. BTW, and FYI, to the people reading this, there are NSA, CIA, and every other goon spreading misinformation and intentionally confusing comments and blogs, and it's all on YOU, the american taxpayer's dime!!! Folks, I'm also thinking that "ALLSTAR" here maybe one of those goons, and if not, he's just another naive, blind american.

  • @TheArbiter74 Ok first of all stop being so judgemental. I dont trust the government at all. Second of all, how is "where did you hear congress passed a bill giving the president authorization to declare war without their approval" a stupid question? When I saw you write that, I searched it on google and nothing came up. I was just asking for a link or what exactly to search up or something. Its not like im calling you a liar, I just wanted to read the bill exact.

  • @TheArbiter74 Can you point me towards that ruling? Also, what's the name of the bill you referred to? I'm interested. Please respond or message me.

  • @TheArbiter74

    I always find it interesting how states will pass certain laws that directly go against Constitutional amendment. And it gets passed so easily. There isn't an immediate uproar, it isn't put through the papers or news stations. It's rediculous.

  • @TheArbiter74 Congress may have done that but we can no longer afford war so the point is moot.

  • @Twicebakedtaters As long as the printing presses are in the hands of the Federal reserve aka banking cartel that has no oversight or accountability you bet there will always be wars and the taxpayer will pay for it through inflation and taxation. Isnt that the name of the game?

  • @vincentca2004 The Federal reserve has accountability. It's just not to the US government and it's citizens.

    Republicrats have to go. Its time. I am voting Ron Paul. He is only one man but its a start. Congress and its lobby will be the tougher nit to crack. The continual avoidance of a balanced budget amendment makes it clear that they do not want to stop the gravy train.

  • @TheArbiter74 WTF DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS??????????????

  • @zztop681 Carlin was all about educating the public. I see he hasn't reached you yet. He always did hate stupid people though and you're kinda proving why.

  • @TheArbiter74 so true, it's sad how we've been bought off with toys and gadgets, most of the people i know are not even remotely interested in their liberty, they're more concerned with watching over paid, over rated morons play football.

  • @TheArbiter74 And then there are the people like me who live under the rule of parents who try to stop any and all such information entering their heads... I love the internet, it's the only place I can get real information that hasn't gone through a right-wing republican bias filter (aka my mother).

  • @TheArbiter74 That, plus the people practicing intentional exclusion, making damn sure as few people as possible get to hear about this.

  • @TheArbiter74 I appreciate the info, dam it's been 8 months already. Lol what've we miss

  • @PaulTM2991 i respect you. political correctness is TOTAL BULLSHIT

  • Poor John. He was one of the better ones, before he sold his values.

  • @PaulTM2991 cont.

    Christmas. And if you wouldn't have come back with such a negative retort, I don't think he could have come back with such a negative reply aswell. Hatefulness spawns more hate, and a hateful world is the one we live in. I'd just rather see people live happily instead of fighting with one another. Even if you don't agree with anothers views, negativity and hostility is not the way to go.

    Cheers mate,

  • @PaulTM2991 I understand that it's called political correctness, and that there is a such thing. But in all fairness it's not very 'correct' in terms of logic if you think about it, hey?

    But going back to the "happy holidays" thing. You just jumped out telling this guy he's an ass because he said it, like you were acusing him of political correctness. Which you were. But I say, hey; why all the hostility? he could have meant to broaden your cheerfullness to others that dont celebrate just

    cont.

  • @PaulTM2991 But yes, I do agree with you on that note of "political correctness", if we can be so bold as to call it that.

  • @PaulTM2991

    Not entirely what I meant :p

    Yes there are people around the globe that celebrate Christmas, but what I meant was it's not very traditional for them to do so. Just like most americans celebrate Christmas with a few exclusions from some people of Muslim or Jewish faith, etc. it's the same around the world where one place can be dominated by most celebrating kwanza, and few celebrating something else.

    Just my input

    Cheers (:

  • @PaulTM2991 To be honest, that comment makes YOU seem like an asshole. Now don't get my words twisted, I'm not calling you an ass, I'm merely pointing out the figure you've given yourself. Maybe this man celebrates something other than Christmas and thinks that since you're posting a comment on the internet that everyone can read, you should wish everyone a happy holidays as not everyone celebrates Christmas.

    Lol, you make it seem like you think Christmas is celebrated all over the world.

    Cheers

  • @isonomis cont. 3 instead of a peaceful one?

    So what I do is research, and inform people of what's going on. Weither it be a public showing at a library of documentaries or public speeches. Teaching the people what's REALLY going on and what we could actually do to help.

    What do you do? Wait for a new wonderful, innocent and warm-hearted politician to come along every 4 years or so so you can vote for your favourite?

    I appologise for the rant, but had to get that out after seeing your comment

  • @isonomis cont.

    Not in a place where we continue to spill blood over other countries belongings that we DON'T EVEN NEED. Did you ever wonder how 'our' oil got under their soil? Why do we continue to kill millions of innocent people and leave millions of others dying slowly everyday from starvation. When we have the technology and capability to feed, clothe and educate all the poor of the world many times over not one human being excluded, why do we continute to live in a dog eat dog world

    cont.

  • @isonomis Well my ways consist of the overthrowing of hijacked governments which supress the knowledge that could help the world. Because with them in power, no matter how hard we try, all of our efforts we put fourth to actually try and help the planet (by means of free energy, etc.) will go unheared. And instead we will keep spreading mass bloodshed in the Middle East and soon (as it's already started) around other parts of the world.

    Instead, I atleast want to live in a world of peace,

    cont.

  • Fantastic

  • Fucking hilarious

  • GREAT!!!

  • If i didnt know any better and i dont know much but PaulTM2991 would hope on the politic dick in a hot second

  • rich assholes run this country ,,,all these elections are all bullshit and fraud just to keep u busy and thinking maybe the next guy would be different .

  • G this shit TFO

  • FUCK JOHN McCAIN FUCK OBAMA FUCK AMERICANS, FUCK AMERICAAA. WORST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD SCUM OF THE EARTH. RACIST IGNORANT DISHONEST PEOPLE SHITTY CULTURE AND CUNTY SOCIETY

  • @matttylove Writing in caps makes you feel like a big boy? You need a hug.

  • @MugiwaraKing I AM A BIG BOY WHY THANK YOU AND THANK YOUR MOTHER'S SMELLY OLD CUNT TOO.

  • @matttylove Of course you are. Does your mommy teel you that when she tucks you in at night? Lmao kids what can you do. =D

  • @MugiwaraKing I CAN EAT WITHOUT A FUCKING BIB SO THAT MEANS I'M A BIG BOY, YOU BITCH FUCK YOU!!!

  • @matttylove Just because you can eat without a bib doesn't mean you don't feed your shirt. Don't forget that your mommy said to tuck the napkin in your shirt. They grow up so fast. lmao

  • @MugiwaraKing I WILL FUCKING STAB YOU WITH MY RUBBER SESAME STREET SPOON DON'T FUCKING TEST ME

  • @matttylove Lmfao do you need a timeout mister? Relax or I will put you on top of a fridge and leave you there.

  • @MugiwaraKing okay now this isn't funny anymore.. I'm an eighteen year old man trying to make a joke and you just killed it.

  • @matttylove Then don't act like a kid. Simple ain't it.

  • @MugiwaraKing No. You're an unfunny loser.

  • @matttylove Lmao mature you are not. Definately just a kid.

  • @MugiwaraKing Criticism is painful, isn't it? Get off the keyboard and get a girlfriend.

  • @matttylove What criticism? You act childish I will talk to you as such. You are just a loud mouth kid that has yet to learn how to talk respectfully to others. Bastard child.

  • @MugiwaraKing have you ever had sex with a girl?

  • @matttylove Yep but, don't ask guys about there sex lives especially strangers that's just weird.

  • He was not a liberal, which is surprising considering what he is most known for.

  • @MrHobiecat IQ tests ideally measure inherent intelligence, but not "genetic intelligence." Childhood development has a huge effect on inherent intelligence later in life.

  • @MrHobiecat That's just offensive. The economies and educational systems of a lot of southern states have systemic problems. That's why IQ is lower.

  • Belgium almost 1 year without a government.

    The country runs smoother than ever without people to endlessly debate and enrich themselves.

  • @Timefliesbye And they are seeing record investment due to there being no government to cut spending or increase taxes.

  • haha

  • Jim Morrison said people are strange

    George Carlin said people are fucking stupid

    I say they're both - delusional

  • @VegitoVai90 How so?

  • @VegitoVai90 Ohh my bad... you were agreeing with both of them. I thought you were calling both of them delusional.

  • @rayalvarado2010

    Wouldn't be totally incorrect. Carlin and Morrison both did LSD from time to time, I'm sure they've been delusional before.

  • loool

  • Of course you have to blur your eyes for it to work, but yet, funny. Especially when the GOP fans stand up at the end.

  • @MrHobiecat

    It makes more sense if you say - "half of the nation is stupid". that makes sense because it is true. but even if the nation was filled with smart people, half would be below and half would be under. average IQ is not a good indicator of intelligence because more than 3/4 of americans are stupid in my opinion.

  • @MrHobiecat

    Yea thats what you said but doesn't make any sense. Even if the country was filled with albert eisteins and the average IQ was 150, then that means half of Americans will be below it and half will be above it....

    That is what an average is

  • @MrHobiecat

    "Half of the people in the the US have an IQ that is below average". I don't think you understand the concept of average. 1/2 are usually above it...and 1/2 are below it.

  • @MrHobiecat "Half the people in the US alone have an IQ that is BELOW AVERAGE."

    Yes, that follows...

  • @MrHobiecat Yes I realise that. Most American's aren't too bright, so to say. Also, if you're trying to imply that I'm a 'dumb american' youre sadly mistaken. I might live in north America (Canada), but not the US. And even so, not all American's are stupid. Most of them, yes they can be pretty brainless. But don't judge someone's intelect until you actually know them.

    And I don't recall once saying that the fact of the matter scares me. I was reffering to you from your previous comment

    Cheers

  • @MrHobiecat I believe I smell fear.

  • lol the crowd loved it

  • ANBU we are all equal and should live our lives free, keep basic laws like, dont do to others that you wouldnt like done to yourself, hold competitions for the best ideas on how we can live as real humans without being manipulated by small groups who think they deserve more rights than others,help eachother survive without a government trying to control control control!!!

    lol, im sure theres enough intelligent people to go around, we could all do a better job than the governments are doing

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  • Jello Biafra 2012!

  • its not american people we dont like its your government, but you people do piss us off for being too easily manipulated

  • @GLICKTON Shit I get looked at funny when i say I'm not an American, even though I was unfortunately born here, I don't consider myself an American because my thought process is different from the fast majority. I think that people should be free to do what they want without fear of being locked up for acting the way that we want to act, humans are still animals and America is just one huge safari filled with the different kinds, fenced in by our Owners. This country needs to change or die.

  • Dumbed down people need to wake the fuck up and realize it's not about Democrat vs Republican, it's about the government vs the people! Get a clue, the NWO is fucking all of us in the ass!

  • FUCK MCAIN!

  • RON PAUL2012

  • I am English and Id like to say how hilarious it is that my people back home comlain about American wars. I especially love how the French and the Germans love to complain about how they hate American and how the U.S. let them be pacafist for over fifty years, while the Soviet Union was ready to tear the jugular out of every nation on the planet.

  • @PaulTM2991 The funny thing about narrow-mindedness and ignorance is that you don't know that you're narrow-minded and ignorant. 

  • @PaulTM2991 you mean happy holidays

  • @PaulTM2991 The nickname you gave Obama is plain retarded and shows that you're an ignorant, narrow-minded bastard. People like you fuck up America. I can't say I like or dislike Obama, because to be honest, I don't follow his actions. But McCain wouldn't have done a better job than Obama and like Carlin says, the only smart choice is to be indifferent about politics.

  • @PaulTM2991 The nickname you gave Obama is plain retarded and shows that you're an ignorant, narrow-minded bastard. People like you fuck up America. I can't say I like or dislike Obama, because to be honest, I don't follow his actions. But McCain wouldn't have done a better job than Obama and like Carlin says, the only smart choice is to be indifferent about politics.

  • haha funny americans!!! You do realise that we finished these arguments in europe many moons ago! Too much war came from it... like religion... Stop going on about patriotism and listen to george!!

  • @airzyrose If you think these arguments are over in any part of the world you need to get off your fucking computer and open your eyes to the real world.

  • Ha, ha, simply hillarious

  • @PaulTM2991 lololol your an all American muppet .

  • Screw the political commentary on all this...that was fucking FUNNY! lmao

  • its funny how people think that if mccain was in office things would be going so much greater and life would be good by now. wrong when are you people going to learn that nothing changes much from president to president our foreign policy doesnt change just little changes that makes you feel that one side of politics is making a difference. its all an illusion . screw Obama screw Mcain. RON PAUL 2012 ALL THE WAY FOR REAL CHANGE! ha made it rhyme a bit there.

  • @PaulTM2991 I'm sure McCain would have improved this country immediately.

  • HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Enough said.

  • americans suck long live china ma they devour your souls

  • @PaulTM2991 It doesn't matter who's in office, the world will proceed as it would. The government will be the same and wont change it's agenda for anything or anyone. This is why we must all bond together and stop the NWO!

  • @WafflesLavigne420 try convincing the world of this

  • @WafflesLavigne420 You are right on the mark!

  • @WafflesLavigne420 I wish it could be done, but its too well planned. Time to pick up your bible and prepare to meet your maker. Oh, and forget that 'trinity' stuff, the elite are at play there. Surprise!

  • OH my GOD this is too great.

  • hahaha awesum

  • JebBush2012

  • ... and they definitely hate the federal government so much that they want it to continue providing their medicare and social security.

    "Cut the waste!"

    They want the govt to stop spending money on people they hate, and keep up the payments on themselves.

    Because they love their entitlements. Because "I paid for them!" but they hate unemployment insurance, because Bill and Glenn didn't inform them that we all pay for unemployment insurance, directly, as opposed to being entitled to ss.

  • Has anyone noticed that the people that want "smaller government" and "reduced deficits" and all that other bullshit are also the same people who want federal laws, constitutional amendments to ban gay marriage, abortion, birth control, immigration, etc???

    They hate the federal government, but they want it to protect them from their racist, homophobic, christian fundamentalist enemies.

    Sorta funny. Even the tea partiers hate the govt so much they demand it to protect them from mexicans

  • @PhilLesh69 Haha I love it.

  • ... ADD the youtube base url, is what I meant.

    So, youtube dot com, plus, /watch?v=C9iSyTqk2Hk

  • watch?v=C9iSyTqk2Hk (at the youtube base url, obviously)

    This video is the basis of understanding. At 4:00, they chart the relationship of everything and how the defense industry has influence over everything.

    And today, it's not just the defense industry, but many different centers of influence that control and guide the country.

    None of which serve the interests of the people. They only serve their own interests.

    Watching any cable news channel only makes you believe in them.

  • Oh man that was good. Mad props to Mr. Carlin.

  • haha i thought this was funny :)

  • hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha to bad the master died he kicked ass!!!!!!!

  • george carlin was greatest comedian? also speakout against the corrupt govt system in america God bless him.

  • cant we all vote for all being able to live in a 1000 square foot house that always has heat and we have enough non poisoned food to live for dare i say,god knows how long. and thats it. thats it. without the threat of nuclear warfare and small pox. all i want is to see my kids not suffer. is that tooooo much for fuks sake. we dont need to be rich cause we all die broke and thats good enough when you die.

  • @pissclam1 Aren't you living in a 1000 sq. ft. house with heat, non-poisoned food without nuclear warfare and smallpox? Are your kids suffering?

    Where are your delusions coming from?

  • @suburbanindie pissclaim1 isn't very good at expressing his views.

    I think I know what he's trying to say... he's upset that the current and previous administration, beholden to Israel, keep rattling our cages about the threat of Iranian nukes. He's upset about the fact that industrial food production is filled with pesticides, hormones, multiple syllable additives, etc.

    pissclam1 just already fell victim to his fears, and turned to writing gibberish.

  • Why would you NOT vote?! It's not as fucked up as all you guys think. If you vote for a proposition and it passes, it passes. If you vote for someone with good ideals, and they win, we are better off than with someone with bad ideals. Do the country a favor and vote for the right stuff. It's that simple!

    "Oh, but the machine, maaaaaaaaaaan. They're oppressors. It's all a lie,

    maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan."

    Damnit.

  • @ilikedrumming voting is an acknowledgement that the government is a legitimate authority, which it is not.

    however, voting can get certain things done.

  • @hillexallen technically, it is a legitimate authority because it can basically do whatever it wants to us, whether it would actually do so or not. Ours is the most authoritative body in the country, if not the world.

    Not saying it's good or bad.

  • @ilikedrumming Just because the government has authority, doesn't make it legitimate. History shows this very clearly.

  • @ilikedrumming The two parties (actually, the two branches of the same party) want people to not vote.

    This last election cycle is paradise for the people that own this country, they created so much vitriole, hyperbole and hate and anger that a lot of people decided they just weren't going to vote.

    That's what they want, only a small, easily manipulated group participating in our democracy. Because those in power from both parties dislike democracy.  It interferes with their power.