Partisan politics,  is a dangerous and counterproductive endeavor.
Our Two party system, never worked well, but media has rendered it obsolete.
When national priorities are played out and  debated online, by the masses,  nothing is accomplished beyond division and chaos.

• [ ] We elect people to wage these battles for us, and nothing is gained, having the citizenry is involved in endless haggle.
  Media makes money, by exploiting fear.
• [ ] Regardless of who we are, We are all,  too ignorant and too uninformed of law, history and long term societal, and economic consequences and national priorities to make informed decisions.
  Even If we were, we have no clout and our efforts are wasted.
  What is important ?
  How will the priorities be arranged ?
  Economy, Freedom, the well being of Future generations, Ecology, global warming, Debt, Defense, Infrastructure, Social programs, Retirement, Mental health, War on drugs, Crime, Foreign trade deficits, Women’s rights, Civil rights, Gun laws, States rights, Education, Pollution, Energy, Animal rights ?
  Who decides ?
  What’s fair  to you , infringes on my rights.  When we give our limited resources to one group, we take it from another.
  We can’t take care of our own poor, sick, elderly, homeless, infrastructure ..
  Should we give Billions to other countries ?
  How my tax $ is spent   Matters to me.  
  Our government is too large, too expensive, Powerful, too corrupt. It has become (probably  always was) a tool of the 1%. It is a parasite.
  Is it fair to anyone,  to have large donors deciding our priorities ?
  Is it fair, to America, that media has a made itself a branch of OUR government ?
  They were not Elected. They do not represent us fairly. They are certainly not unbiased. Media is owned by 6 corporations, which can be bought by anyone,
  with  enough, other people’s money. Media has no national elegance. Our enemies have more control over media than we do. Our recent disasters of an election, proved that no one with good character and intellect, with the good of the country at heart, will ever run  high office again. No one but, a socio-Path, would subject themselves to that fish bowl.

Governments are the problem. It’s NEVER the people.
We just pay for their wars. We never have anything to do with them, no “skin in there game”.
I Will always believe that the Vietnam war was fought so they military industrial complex could sell bombs and bullets. This is a fairly intelligent forum, why couldn’t we come up with a solution ?
We need a way to make sure that the oligarchy isn’t running their own version of organized crime.

I totally agree about Assange and this is just MHO but I'm feeling that 99% of the population is not ready for a kind loving world. They are still to EGO based, selfish, brainwashed to see what some of us see. It's a good article.

Because people have a mean streak a mile wide and a mile deep.

WikiLeaks was about to expose 9/11 as an inside job