Comment Re:It used to be your rights end where mine begin (Score 2, Insightful) 1082
Riots? Please....
They will do nothing more that create opportunities for those protesting to be arrested and assaulted, and in the end discredited.
Figure out how to make enough people care more about who is in office and what they do than their favorite TV show or video game, and you might have a shot at improving things.
The problem here is that most people in the U.S. are willingly abdicating their right to hold government accountable.
Our nations' problems aren't the fault of stupid or corrupt politicians or greedy corporations. They are the fault of an ambivalent electorate.
If the people really cared, the politicians would be held accountable, and the problems (at least some of them) would be fixed.
They will do nothing more that create opportunities for those protesting to be arrested and assaulted, and in the end discredited.
Figure out how to make enough people care more about who is in office and what they do than their favorite TV show or video game, and you might have a shot at improving things.
The problem here is that most people in the U.S. are willingly abdicating their right to hold government accountable.
Our nations' problems aren't the fault of stupid or corrupt politicians or greedy corporations. They are the fault of an ambivalent electorate.
If the people really cared, the politicians would be held accountable, and the problems (at least some of them) would be fixed.
