Good cop - bad cop

It's mostly a public relations show.  The fights between the Dems and Repubs are to a large extent orchestrated to distract the public as the corporate oligarchies (which control both parties) continue to destabilize this country and much of the world.  It's call chaos theory. 

They are fleecing the 99%.

In order to keep the public from noticing how corporate capitalism is robbing us all blind the two war parties take turns in power and attack each other mercilessly once the other party is in office.  The Democrats go from saying they want peace to pushing wars in Syria, Venezuela and Iran.  The Republicans say they want to fix the economy for working people and then give massive tax cuts to the rich.

At some point the public has to get off the roller coaster and realize that both parties are bought and sold by Wall Street and Madison Avenue.

Just this morning I learned that CNN is running a poll that says Joe Biden is leading Bernie Sanders by 18%.  But digging into the poll one finds that CNN only called people over 45 years old to ask their preferences.  So obviously CNN is just trying to shape public opinion in order to put another corporate hack into power.  This is how the system works.  But sadly far too many Democrats will take the bait and fall in line.

The justified anger of the public should instead be focused on overturning this run-a-way capitalist system that only cares about profit and power.  These corporate oligarchs don't care about country, the environment, the people or true democracy.  They talk a good line at election time but that is all you will get - big talk and no action.

The people must make clear demands that our resources be used to educate, offer safety and economic stability to all the people and protect our crumbling environment for the future generations.  This out-dated story of free markets and free enterprise are tricks.  It's only free for the 1% - the rest of us are paying for it and our children will get nothing in return except massive national debt and an unlivable world.

Bruce