its interesting to see you guys having an argument or a discussion about your next president. i just want to give you guys my thoughts on this topic, trying to be neutral as a Swiss (what I actually am).
compared to our system, witch is a direct democracy, you're type of making politics is much more topic-orientated. i.e. gay marriages, tax cuts for this group and so on. in my opinion, this makes thinks very easy to control and manipulate. as one here already said, its either democrat or republican. and do you really believe they will have their own agenda after being elected to be part in the race for president... as here in Europe, at a certain level of politics, you need to have lots of money to fund your campaign. this money usually comes from company's. here it doesn't matter if you're rep or democrat. so in the end, as a politician you're either against gay marriage or not. luckily this isn't important for these corporations. and as I've read through this topic, its mostly what I've observed, you guys agree that whats going on is shit, but you're still debating on whats better.. or less worse..
in my opinion this is the masterstroke. people fight about topics witch aren't really live changing to the country. but the main topics aren't even discussed, not by republicans nor democrats. why, because these corporations paying the politicians don't want a chance in these topics... that's also why you never read about it in newspapers...
just imagine someone how would really want to change anything. do you think he would get the same media attention as bush? or clinton? imagine someone was to chance the root of all problems, the monetary system, big pharma, genfood, education, think he would even be considered as president?
i really don't want to offend anyone, just think about it. but as long as you all are fighting against each other, they will always win... it called divide and conquer...
and sorry for my english... its not native to me
