01-21-2021, 05:04 PM
(01-21-2021, 11:59 AM)ItsGoTime Wrote: The deep seeded rhetoric for both parties has gotten so out of hand it’s a wonder why we as a people haven’t figured out how to teach these politicians “No more” by voting away from what has worked for them for so long.
We have to know who to hold accountable and for what to hold them accountable for in order to say "no more" to the right political leaders.
This is why I referenced the virtual death of the 1st amendment that I've seen this year for the 1st time in my lifetime. Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and government petition were all virtually obliterated in 2020 helped in justification by the pandemic crisis.
Most of the safeguards built into the constitutional and representative system of government in the USA have completely broken down now. If you're familiar with the concept of the 4th estate then you remember the critical role of a truly free and independent media in maintaining power to the people.
In simplest terms people cannot control politicians if they don't know about things. How can you hold a politician accountable for what you don't know? Once the vast majority of the communication media abandoned the idea of maintaining objectivity and decided to essentially take a side in politics, we the people lost much our ability to know things and judge what politicians should be held accountable and what they should be held accountable know. We only knew what the "News" reported to us if not for that other mass communication media that arose, THE INTERNET.
What we saw this time however is that the means of peer to peer, person to person communication on the Internet also became and active and non-objective participant in discussion, from the top down. Once the Tech giants that control the vast amount of internet communication took sides, we the people now have very limited ability to access the facts on critical matters without it being filtered and controlled.
The last remaining safeguards for check and balance such as the Supreme Court are next on the firing squad.