The Facade of American Democracy

As the election draws closer…..I am seeing the typical BS once again popping that ugly head up above the crowd…..the process of demonizing the candidates.

I personally do not care which one of the fake individuals you are pulling for in this election….everyone including the media is doing their level best to turn the candidates into some sort of sociopath or racist or whatever term you would like…….

This is nothing new….it is what it is….an American tradition…..we have been doing this since the days of Jefferson and little has changed over the years…..I read an excellent piece in Counter Punch……

With the rigged Democratic presidential nomination behind us, the US election reality show continues. The mass media is creating sensations around what has become a national embarrassment with this contest of the lesser of the two crazies. On the one hand we have Donald Trump, depicted as a quintessential narcissist and on the other, Hillary Clinton who is often portrayed as a sociopath. Hype is created by putting these labels on the candidates, pitting one personality disorder against the other.

This is a corporate sponsored election charade doing business as usual and distracting people from the real power behind the veil. In The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profits and Power, filmmaker and law professor Joel Bakan (2004) examined the consistent character attributes of corporations and concludes that if they were a human, they are a textbook example of a psychopath.

Source: Pathology, Incorporated: the Facade of American Democracy

Like the title states…..the Facade of American Democracy…..Democracy……….just a title that we throw around like it was beads at Mardi Gras….

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