In the wake of the Tea Party, the Occupy movement, and a dozen or more episodes of real rebellion on the streets, in the legislatures of cities and towns, and in state and federal courthouses, this presidential race now feels like a banal bureaucratic sideshow to the real event — the real event being a looming confrontation between huge masses of disaffected citizens on both sides of the aisle, and a corrupt and increasingly ideologically bankrupt political establishment, represented in large part by the two parties dominating this race.
— Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi, asserting that the 2012 presidential race has lost its “elemental appeal” and “may be the most meaningless national election campaign we’ve ever had.”
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Feelings are not facts but they are not fiction either.
The fact is that this election carries the force of law. While it is important to get out and advocate for issues that are important, don’t buy into the fiction that expressing your feelings in public really makes a tangible difference. By itself, public protest is not enough to affect change.
Public protest needs to be combined by hard work building architectures for progress, researching issues and aggregating voters.