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<blockquote data-quote="Frank Underwood" data-source="post: 443137" data-attributes="member: 35">I used to be an optimist too, but I&#039;ve learned it&#039;s never &quot;just the Republicans.&quot;&nbsp; Both parties are in the pocket of Wall Street, the corporations, and the military industrial complex.Instead of wagging my finger at Trump voters, I realized the entire system is rigged.&nbsp; Dems don&#039;t do shit for the working class either.&nbsp; When Hillary Clinton ran for president, Chuck Schumer arrogantly bragged that the Democrats would gain the votes of two moderate Republicans for every blue-collar worker they lost.&nbsp; That says it all right there.As for processed foods, there have been many reports that all of that junk was made to be addictive on purpose.&nbsp; It should be criminal, of course, but I&#039;m sure there have been payoffs over the years to prevent any government oversight.&nbsp; It&#039;s not like a government that drops bombs on people around the world would care about the food we consume.At the end of the day, the American consumer class are the victims of both the American government and the billionaire class who work in tandem to keep them in poverty.&nbsp; The government keeps wages as low as possible so that the billionaires&#039; pocket all of the profit, while the billionaires undercut the mom-and-pop stores.&nbsp; That way, the masses will have to shop in their stores.&nbsp; They sell them cheap, addictive crap that makes them sick and causes them to enter the healthcare system.&nbsp; Then they get to make big pharma rich.&nbsp; Whatever pittance they have left gets used to drops bombs on people at someone else&#039;s behest (usually Israel&#039;s).&nbsp; It&#039;s a continuum that goes on no matter who you vote for.It&#039;s not a matter of being an optimist or a defeatist.&nbsp; Sadly, it&#039;s a matter of reality.&nbsp; I&#039;d love to believe it could change, but it already feels like we&#039;re in the &quot;end of empire&quot; times.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frank Underwood, post: 443137, member: 35"] I used to be an optimist too, but I've learned it's never "just the Republicans." Both parties are in the pocket of Wall Street, the corporations, and the military industrial complex. Instead of wagging my finger at Trump voters, I realized the entire system is rigged. Dems don't do shit for the working class either. When Hillary Clinton ran for president, Chuck Schumer arrogantly bragged that the Democrats would gain the votes of two moderate Republicans for every blue-collar worker they lost. That says it all right there. As for processed foods, there have been many reports that all of that junk was made to be addictive on purpose. It should be criminal, of course, but I'm sure there have been payoffs over the years to prevent any government oversight. It's not like a government that drops bombs on people around the world would care about the food we consume. At the end of the day, the American consumer class are the victims of both the American government and the billionaire class who work in tandem to keep them in poverty. The government keeps wages as low as possible so that the billionaires' pocket all of the profit, while the billionaires undercut the mom-and-pop stores. That way, the masses will have to shop in their stores. They sell them cheap, addictive crap that makes them sick and causes them to enter the healthcare system. Then they get to make big pharma rich. Whatever pittance they have left gets used to drops bombs on people at someone else's behest (usually Israel's). It's a continuum that goes on no matter who you vote for. It's not a matter of being an optimist or a defeatist. Sadly, it's a matter of reality. I'd love to believe it could change, but it already feels like we're in the "end of empire" times. [/QUOTE]

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