The Fugs summed it up. Never has it been more clear than in the American Presidential election:
What I mean is …
Who was it that set up a system,
supposedly democratic system,
Where you end up always voting for the lesser of two evils?
I mean, Was George Washington the lesser of two evils?
Sometimes I wonder …
You got some guy that says
“For God sake, we’ve got to stop having violence in this country.”
While he’s spending 16,000 dollars a second snuffing gooks.
(gospel sound musical ending with:
A wiiiiiiiiiiiiide, big brown river, yea, bringing health, wealth, and prosperity to every man, women, and child.
We have a choice between two poor candidates put up by the establishment representing the super-rich. No ordinary person can hope to be elected without the establishment machine behind them. They represent the establishment.
Is that democracy?
Reblogged this on Opher's World and commented:
I wrote this a while ago. It is even more relevant now. How can you have democracy when the establishment puts forward all the candidates, huge money is involved in their election, and the media is controlled and manipulates people’s choices?