Wednesday, August 16, 2017

DSA: Divided States of America


"The first known publication of the phrase "United States of America" was in an anonymous essay in The Virginia Gazette newspaper in Williamsburg, Virginia, on April 6, 1776. ... In June 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote the phrase "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" in all capitalized letters in the headline of his "original Rough draught" of the Declaration of Independence."

is it time for a name change? have the United States of America become the Divided States of America? yes.

why? for starters:
   - domestic crime and civil unrest, e.g. Charlottesville, Chicago, Baltimore, etc.
   - international meddling
   - 2016 election, 2014, 2012, 2010, etc.
   - president: 45th, 44th, 43rd, etc.
   - congress: 115th, 114th, 113th, etc.
   - our two party system of government
   - media 
   - etc.

common denominators in our division are: 
   - our two party system of government 
   - the media

trump fights with democrats. trump even fights with other republicans, including members of his own staff. in congress republicans and democrats fight constantly. fighting republicans and democrats work their way all the way down to the state and local level. the 2016 election and our current civil unrest are a national disgrace. 

it's time for change.


who do you trust? 
   - someone who has values similar to yours? 
   - someone who doesn't?
   - or political parties, financed by billionaire corporations and 
     PACs

Here's how government is controlled in the US: 

If you vote for a republican or a democrat, then it's not the person that you voted for who is in control--it's the party.

In the next election--national, state or local--vote for anyone except a democrat or a republican.
Soon the republican and democratic parties will die.
Nothing will be better for the United States of America.




as for the other common denominator, the media, the same principle applies. If we stop supporting extremist media, CNN, Fox News, and other sources of biased "news", including newspapers, other print media, radio, internet, etc., then biased "news" media and their "talking heads" will dry up and go away. along with getting rid of the republican and democratic parties, nothing will be better for the United States of America than ridding ourselves of extremist and divisive media.



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