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Realist's avatar

You ask me questions, and I answer them. I ask you questions, and you ignore them. This is bullshit!

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You have presented and promoted this 'solution' numerous times. There is no chance in hell that those in control would allow this. Force is required. The Deep State must be destroyed.

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Eric Zuesse's avatar

And how would that be done?

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Realist's avatar

"And how would that be done?"

Any effective way.

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Eric Zuesse's avatar

You are assuming and implying that there would be a way to do it that would likelier succeed than "Any effective way" to achieve the lottery-based democracy would be likely to succeed.

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Eric Zuesse's avatar

And how d you define "The Deep State"?

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"And how d you define "The Deep State"?"

A smart ass answer is those in control. But more to the point, the entrenched bureaucracy of the CIA, NSA, FBI, DOD, DoJ, and probably others, along with the very super-rich.

You sure as hell don't believe that Trump is his own man...do you? Who do you think controls this country? All U.S. presidents since November 22nd, 1963, have increasingly been titular. The systematic takeover of this country started at the end of World War II.

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"You are assuming and implying that there would be a way to do it that would likelier succeed than "Any effective way" to achieve the lottery-based democracy would be likely to succeed."

I admit that with the current insouciance, a revolution is not likely. But those in control will never allow government by lottery.

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I agree with you: a revolution is not likely, and those in control of the U.S. Government (the super-rich whose hired agents are the news-media, think tanks, etc., that every successful politician needs as supporters) will never allow government by lottery. Consequently, there is no easy path to achieving government by lottery. But that doesn't mean that there is no path to achieving government by lottery. The first American revolution (1776) was long and hard, and the second one will be too. And I agree with you that a second American revolution would need to precede a switch to a lottery-based democracy. This means that anyone who merely complains against the existing situation and isn't willing to support a revolution is just venting, not doing anything constructive to address the problem.

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Exactly. Thanks for your reply.

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