what i wrote folks in my family tonight:
remember that discussion we had going back and forth for a few days after the (s)election in november?
it was interesting, but now looking back, i see that nader didn’t matter. gore didn’t matter. “democracy” didn’t matter.
i’ve said before in a rather general and open-ended way that i don’t believe we live in a democracy. well, i can’t imagine there’s any of us who could look at this evidence and say our system is in the smallest bit truly democratic. true, people are not routinely being shot in the street for trying to protest and vote, or to wear, or say, or pray what they want. instead, we let these kinds of things happen to allow bullies to be in power who will support those actions in client states and “friends” worldwide.
sorry to be a bag o downers, but before we launch into the collective cheer of the holidays, i had to get out that one small rant.
i love you all and am looking forward to recharging my batteries to renew my efforts in 2002 for a sane and just society.
