[WS:] Exactly! It is like a professional wrestling game - the contestants may impersonate various character traits ("good" or "bad" guys) to make the game more entertaining, but the fact that people make bets on the contestants does not mean that they support or reject the characters the contestants impersonate.
For the great majority of the US population, the outcome of elections makes as much difference as outcomes of a professional wrestling game - that is none whatsoever. It makes a difference only for those few who are in a position to bet big money on the game. The remaining 90 or so percent makes bets only for shits and giggles - just as they do in professional wresting or football. After the game is over, they go home and back to work, regardless of who won.
The electoral system in the US is pure bullshit - a betting game from which only a few "mafiosi" benefit while the rest get bupkes.
Wojtek
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Shane Mage <shmage at pipeline.com> wrote:
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> On Sep 27, 2010, at 3:20 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
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>> Then why do people who advocate anything like these policies never get
>> more than 2% of the vote in a Dem primary?
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> Because the 98% aren't voting for anything--they're betting on a two-horse
> race
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> Shane Mage
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> "All things are an equal exchange for fire and fire for all things,
> as goods are for gold and gold for goods."
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> Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr, 90
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