If you want a great democracy you must devote time and money to develop good candidate from the ground up, and who besides the rich oligarchs who can hire surrogates has the time or money?
You need to study the two parties closely, from honest and reliable news resources. The parties are worlds apart. You will find corruption in any system unfortunately.
This fear for your family is what they want you to feel
The reason to fear low-life creatures is because they will attack irrationally with little cause. There will come a time when good people must stand their ground, and it is not far - be prepared.
Your comment is way underrated. If sane people don’t get serious the fascist right will pick them off, one group at a time eventually they will begin to start picking their own less powerful groups off the same way.
if everyone started only talking with their AI friend.
This would be super great for the ruling class behind the AI curtain. Your AI pal would compliment and flatter you while guiding you down the corporate cattle chute.
at the same time getting involved at the state level.
Getting good candidates started at local and state levels is the key to changing the system. Problem is that most working people have neither the time nor financial resources to pursue this while the wealthy have the money and can buy those resources. This is how the GOP pushed the teabaggers into high offices.
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