(July 30, 2013 at 12:18 pm)The Germans are coming Wrote: The problem does not lie with the political institution but in the institutions of the state in my opinion.
And what would solve that problem is to heave a gigantic axe into the the security apperatus and thereby cut it`s spending.
The problem is that the private companies behind the technology that is used for our "security" are too powerful and influential to let any cut to their spending happen, just as the defense contractors are too powerful to let any cut to the defense budget happen.
It's these corporate interests that profit from fear and conflict that are destroying our country, and even if we were somehow able to elect a leader that campaigned against these interests(Citizens United essentially made that impossible), the influence of these corporations would be too great for them to actually succeed.
Out politicians are merely puppets for the true power in this country, the lobbyists.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
