Howard Zinn? There are those stupid liberal lies again. The people's opinions do not matter. An examination of any society only requires an examination of the elite, both governing and non-governing, and our elites suffer from a severe case of bioleninism. Voting is a scam and part of the process of manufacturing consent.

Politicians are selected on the basis of their ability to win votes. The easiest way to win votes is to bribe the electorate, who are dumb and are mostly incapable of having an opinion. As they have a limited time in office, they must loot as much as they can as fast as they, and any resources left on the table will be used against them by their rivals. These structural pressures will select against anyone who shows fiscal restraint. Due to the political formula that a politician represents the will of the people, politicians actually dictate to the people what their will is with the support of the press. The politicians, in turn, have their own opinions dictated to them by the oligarchs who control the media and the money printers. Blackrock and the New York Times have a better claim to sovereignty than any elected politician.

You have the nature of power dynamics reversed across all levels. Purge yourself of the liberalism within.

Spez: here is a decent introductory flow chart of the underlying mechanisms through which power propagates.

Howard Zinn? There are those stupid liberal lies again. The people's opinions do not matter. An examination of any society only requires an examination of the elite, both governing and non-governing, and our elites suffer from a severe case of bioleninism. Voting is a scam and part of the process of manufacturing consent.

Politicians are selected on the basis of their ability to win votes. The easiest way to win votes is to bribe the electorate, who are dumb and are mostly incapable of having an opinion. As they have a limited time in office, they must loot as much as they can as fast as they, and any resources left on the table will be used against them by their rivals. These structural pressures will select against anyone who shows fiscal restraint. Due to the political formula that a politician represents the will of the people, politicians actually dictate to the people what their will is with the support of the press. The politicians, in turn, have their own opinions dictated to them by the oligarchs who control the media and the money printers. Blackrock and the New York Times have a better claim to sovereignty than any elected politician.

You have the nature of power dynamics reversed across all levels. Purge yourself of the liberalism within.