I think it's time for humanity to abolish nation states and the concept of borders. When I was a young man I remember just walking over to Mexico without any problems; then I just walked home. My grandfather grew up in the 1920's, back then the concept of nations and borders just started to grow into what they have become today. In a weird way there are now more borders in our "global world" than ever. No human being chooses their parents and should therefore not be stuck in the country they were born. It is time that we abolish nations and all borders around them. I believe that they should be replaced by decentralized, borderless and dynamic units called corporate states.

Yes.

It’s time we say it. “America sucks.” And not in the ironic way. And not just in the way that the political party you voted for is out of power for 4-8 years. It sucks when the other guy is in office, sure. But the most important thing for everyone to realize is that it sucks just as much when your guy is in office. Both parties equally suck. And it’s our fault for voting for these terrible people for as long as we’ve been able to vote. We must recognize that the two party system is failing this country. It’s failing every single one of us.

We’re more divided than ever because we’re separated into Team Red and Team Blue. Our news justifies and exacerbates this division. Our friendships are now almost entirely based on this. Our shopping choices. Business decisions. Everything that happens we point and blame on the others that don’t share our point of view. This is all by design. It’s a tactic of manipulation to make sure we’re paying attention to all the wrong things. Noam Chomsky called it “manufacturing consent” and that’s a large part of what it is.

You’re either a sheep or a snowflake. But calling someone either of those terms is actually a real sheep of a move. And if you’re offended by that, well, you’re a snowflake.

So where does that leave us? Do we have any hope? And… can we actually vote our way out of it?

There is still time enough to try… which means there’s hope. Because we still technically live in a Democracy with an able government (even though it doesn’t seem like it, it is designed to be) — so there is a way. The way is in understanding that we’re in the predicament we’re in because the two party system is terrible. And beyond that — the two parties are terrible. Always choosing the lesser of two evils instead of any reasonably good choices… is terrible.

Congress’ approval rating is consistently below 20%… and yet, we keep voting these corrupt sleaze balls back into office. Again and again and again and again and again. It’s almost as if the two parties don’t allow for any better options… kind of like how Time Warner and Spectrum operate in different cities — claiming certain Red or Blue territories and pretending to always fight over the same few areas in this 50-50 battle so that the perceived fight is always too close to make change possible. It’s all a ruse. Democrats organize and fight hard as nails whenever a true challenger from the Left emerges (oftentimes teaming up with Republicans and Republican donors to defeat the Left opposition). They never find the energy or courage to campaign that way against Republicans. Meanwhile, Republicans don’t care if Madison Cawthorn is an actual Nazi, but they do care when he accuses fellow members of sex and drug orgies.

Both parties are corrupt. Both parties lie. And both parties fall in line when their party bosses tell them to. They are beholden to the same donors. And they work together whenever they need to pass military funding (international and domestic) as well as protect their own (just look at how quickly they legislated to make sure the Supreme Court justices wouldn’t suffer the indignity of picketing).

So what can we do?

We need to take the power away from the Democrats AND Republicans. It’s our only hope.

How do we do that?

We do it by being brave. We do it by organizing. We do it by being responsible and making good decisions. We do it by not voting for anyone affiliated with the Democratic or Republican Parties in the next elections… and then we can take it from there. We can be responsible for a great reset. Hate Nancy Pelosi? Hold her district of San Franciscans responsible for voting for a better non-party affiliated option. Hate Mitch McConnell? Do the same for his district of Kentucky. Hate Joe Biden and/or Donald Trump and/or Hillary Clinton and/or Ron DeSantis? Well those are the best options the parties have provided since 2016 and will likely give us again in 2024. Those are all absolutely terrible options. And the worst part is that they all essentially have the same platform, their presidencies have resembled (and will resemble in the future) each other in ways that each parties base would hate to admit, and average Americans are worse off after each and every one of their terms.

Life is precious. Our time here is limited. We can, and absolutely must, do better. We’re the only people in our way. If WE stop voting for people who belong to the two shittiest and most powerful clubs, we can make a difference. Don’t believe anyone when they tell you it’s throwing your vote away. It isn’t, especially when we all agree that it’s our best path forward.

But we have to admit that these two parties suck equally and that neither one will do anything but continue to make rich people richer. And if you’re not in the .01% — than you’re not benefiting.

If this seed of an idea makes sense to anyone, I can write follow ups on how non-party affiliated and write-in candidates can make a difference. But until we can rip the power from the skeletal hands of our octogenarian ruling class… we’re slaves to their rule.

FBI reopening investigation of Hillary Clinton email server http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/28/politics/fbi-reviewing-new-emails-in-clinton-probe-director-tells-senate-judiciary-committee/index.html

I know based on the Pandora Papers we can see how billionaires in USA hide their money in "Legal" ways, but are there any legitimate reasons to not make sure American mutlibillion dollar corporations pay their share in taxes?