I'm fucking sick and tired of this country being run like an oligarchy under the bullshit cover of democracy. I was thinking this as I looked out from my front porch. Each house is dotted w/ people who don't care and don't vote and as much as I hate their apathy I understand it and realize its one of the sad realities of a Faux-democracy. Ironically, everything in life is connected as I learned from The Wire and even more ironically I happened on a great interview from Allan Sepinwall in which David Simon takes what I was thinking and lays it out better than I. This is part of his answer in response to this question:
"This one I'm paraphrasing from a reader: Given the show's roots in Greek tragedy, how different are modern institutions from ancient institutions? "
David Simon:
"I just think at this point the institutions in America -- and by that I mean the manner in which power and money are actually routing themselves and controlling the political infrastructure -- I live in a state where 9 times out of 10 my vote will not matter. My vote will not matter in this coming election. Why does it not matter? Because the voting structure of this country has been set up since the birth of this country in a manner that is anti-democratic. It is oligarchal. When 40 percent of the people elect 60 percent of the senators, as is true in America, you cannot call it a democracy. You can say it has some democratic principals, it has some democratic roots. You can mitigate it however you want. But if 40 percent of the people elect 60 percent of the higher house of a bi-cameral legislature, it's an oligarchy. We're being led by the rich and the powerful, and I don't know about you, but I sure wish they were doing a better fucking job."
THANKS AND HAVE A FUCKIN' GREAT LIFE BITCHES!
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