Friends, The difference between the Democratic and Republican parties is that one threatens to toss you in the lake next week tied to a 50 pound weight, while the other promses nicer things - a 40 pound weight, and a little more time. The difference between voters on the left and right is their opinion on which party is which. Regardless of which 'side' you're on, and regardless of which major party wins, a major-party victory moves us closer to being drowned by a hyper-exploitive global corporate regime. Can anyone disupute this? Can anyone show me a shred of evidence that either party is interested in reconsidering the globalization agenda? Is there anyone who does not understand that this agenda is transferring all real decision-making power to a set of corporate-controlled institutions (WTO et al)? Does anyone believe that any of the minor issues that separate Gore & Bush will seem significant when this centralized power has been consolidated? Does anyone think that any temporary 'gains' we might make in this election will endure when DuPont, Chase Manhattan, Exxon, and General Electric have the legal authorization to run the world their way? Is anyone that deluded? If someone can't think outside the box at all - the mass-media bube-tube box - then I suppose he or she can't be blamed for dutifully marking their X's as they've been programmed to do. And in a normal election year - when no alternative is offered - then there's little anyone else could do either, except not vote and be counted, unfairly, in the ranks of the apathetic. But in a year like this - when an exciting candidate is making a serious attempt - there is no excuse not to get out there and cast a bold vote for Nader - and against the rotten system our 'leaders' refer to as 'democracy' and 'free enterprise'. rkm http://cyberjournal.org
