It just keeps getting worse

One of the worst court decisions since Dred Scott v. Sanford has just gotten worse. Reading numerous articles over the weekend and today has opened my eyes to the grim future of the United States after last weeks court decision to allow limitless finance to candidates running in elections from corporations. The thing that just struck my mind is who's to say that foreign corporations won't get in on elections in the United States? Last weeks Citizens United v. FEC was bad enough but now SpeechNow.org v. FEC is threatning to allow foreign corporations to fuck with the US democratic process. One of the other things that is troubling to me is why this is not getting more coverage. I mean this is not something like a small defense contract getting thrown out. This is effecting the electoral process for fucks sake! Why do people not seem to care about it?!

As Keith Olbermann named them so eloquently as "Those poor, dumb, manipulated bastards; the tea-partiers", they remain blissfully unaware of the repercussions of this bill while they stand out side the White House like asses holding signs that compare Obama to Hitler and Stalin. I still have yet to find a connection between President Obama, who is attempting to better the health care system, and Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, two of the biggest mass murderers this planet has EVER seen. I also fail to see why Obama has been called a socialist, communist, Marxist and anarchist. It makes one wonder whether these clowns even know what they're talking. Do they know that none of those words are synonymous? Do you think they know each of them have different philosophies and propose different things?

Another thing that is REALLY bugging the piss out of me is why have political parties become so polarized. Why is it ALWAYS “us” versus “them”? Why do there only have to be 2 political parties? I’d like to and consider myself to be in neither party, though I side with the left far more than I do the right. I consider myself a democratic socialist. I’m not afraid of admitting it. I AM a socialist. Why do so many people see me as such a bad person because I believe in a system that is different than capitalism? I don’t think that our government is bad. I merely suggest that our government could be better by doing things different. Why is that wrong?

So many people, both republican and democrat, believe that this country’s health care is not great. So do I. I think a different system is the way to go. I think socialism practiced under a democracy is something that could make this country a better place. Socialism is NOT something to fear. It is to be explored and understood. I do not mean to force my beliefs upon others. That would be destroying some of the concepts democracy encourages. For the record, democratic socialism DOES NOT equal AUTHORIARIAN SOCIALISM, DICTORIAL SOCIALISM, AUTHORITARIAN COMMUNISM, DICTORIAL COMMUNISM, etc. Nor does socialism equate to ANY type of anarchism. Democratic socialism equates to democratic socialism. Socialism does not mean a hammer and sickle. One thing that socialism does not do is advocate a society where the top 5% of the population owns just as much as the bottom 95%.

One last thing; Some people accuse of President Barack Obama of being a "traitor" for what few may see as socialist policies. Which of the following equates to a traitor to you; a person elected by the people of the United States of America to be the president of the United States of America or 5 people voting to corrupt the election process of a democracy?

Many people believe this country can be better than it currently is. Am I such a bad person in believing that it can be through different ways than yours?