What:
The Problem:
We allow the unfettered bribery of all our local, state, and federal politicians. The legal basis that allows this is, quite literally, based on fiction. That doesn’t matter now. It is happening, in real time, and by both parties. They brag about it, so transparency isn’t the problem. We don’t need to debate this one and it has nothing to do with political party, political perspective or any culture war. It is just common sense. We allow our government officials to, routinely, be bribed and its all perfectly legal. It is an existential threat.
The Answer:
A national voting referendum that, PLAINLY, asks the American people: Do you want to continue allowing the unchecked bribery of our body politic, OR do you want to restore democracy? We immediately dissolve all fictional and material mechanisms of legalized briber. Bribery is party agnostic and presents a very real threat to our way of life. Every time I look at my phone, a precedent is being smashed and/or a rule ignored. We have the technology and infrastructure to easily present ALL the people with the opportunity to vote on the issue of legalized bribery. Yes, it will take people with whom we disagree or may even despise.
Why:
It is time to choose. Legalized bribery presents a clear and present danger. It is an existential crisis threatening our way of life. Everyone agrees with this. We have been philosophizing, discussing, debating, protesting, writing letters, etc. for decades. What have we been protesting? War, environment, foreign policy, wages, healthcare, guns, immigration, nukes, et.al, yet here we are, in worse shape than ever. I don’t need to go back and cite all the legal fiction that led to this moment. Right now, today, we allow the unbridled, obscene, gross bribery of all our local, state and federal politicians. The legal basis that allows this is, quite literally, fiction. That doesn’t matter now. It is happening, in real time, in plain sight and by both parties. If this is not an existential threat to our way of life, then what is? We are for sale. These guys represent us and they routinely prostitute themselves. I, for one, am sick of being used by sociopaths.
The Where and kina how::
It is bribery and that is how we should refer to it. If the messaging is focused, on target, presents people with a clear picture, we can win. We don’t have to attach it to anything else. Operation Hope and TYT have the credibility to remain politically agnostic by championing this issue and organizing around it. I am just saying maybe we can pull the old Star Wars move here and sneak a nuke down the vent of the Death Star. If we could rally, organize and deploy thousands of people at a time, focused on the one single message, we could force a referendum. Either we get rid of the money or it gets rid of us.
I am old, so I apologize for the dated reference. Its all I got…