Episode 202: Does Your Vote Really Matter?

Ep. 202: Does Your Vote Really Matter?

Why is it that the one’s screaming the loudest about the sanctity of democracy are always the first ones to abandon its principles and ideals to gain or maintain power? Whether it’s U.S. politicians always lamenting “our democracy” (the U.S. has never been one, and that’s by design) while thwarting the will of the people to ban them from enriching themselves with insider information or French politicians taking as many bites at the electoral apple as they need to make sure the people’s first choice is not allowed, the same outcome is almost always assured. That those desperate for power and to control their countrymen’s lives will violate any and every professed principle to obtain or retain that illegitimate power. The lessons of history show that the people have only one option left once the politically entrenched stubbornly refuse to let go of power. Let’s see if the people have the courage and wherewithal to do something about it.