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Pastimes : Rage Against the Machine
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To: Thomas M. who started this subject5/31/2002 11:46:32 AM
From: Thomas M. of 1296
 
There has been much public clamor about the "stolen election" of
November 2000, and surprise that the public does not seem to care. Likely reasons
are suggested by public opinion studies, which reveal that on the eve of the election,
3/4 of the population regarded the process as largely a farce: a game played by
financial contributors, party leaders, and the Public Relations industry, which crafted
candidates to say "almost anything to get themselves elected" so that one could
believe little they said even when it was intelligible. On most issues, citizens could
not identify the stands of the candidates, not because they are stupid or not trying,
but because of the conscious efforts of the PR industry. A Harvard University project
that monitors political attitudes found that the "feeling of powerlessness has reached
an alarming high," with more than half saying that people like them have little or no
influence on what government does, a sharp rise through the neoliberal period.

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