Miriam, OK but remember there are far many other issues besides the TPP, such
as social security, the ACA, reproductive rights, race relations,
militarization of police, etc and that is where differences do exist.
Frank
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Miriam Vieni
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 7:01 PM
To: Blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Response to Carl's question about Democracy Now
debate
Carl,
I've just finished listening to Chris Hedges and Robert Reich on Democracy Now.
You asked for thoughts on their debate. It was a frustrating experience,
lisstening to them. On one level, I guess I felt like they were both correct.
On another level, I thought that Chris Hedges has a much clearer picture of
where we are and what is happening. However, He doesn't tell us what he thinks
we can do, if anything, to improve things. It's all very well to talk about
building a movement for the future. But Reich's point, and Ben Jellis' point,
during the first hour, were about the consequences of one's actions in real
time, immediately, right now. Does it make sense to ignore Trump, or any other
Republican extremist who might actually win, because the Democratic Party is so
corrupt? But Hedges was correct when he said that all this horrible stuff
would happen, regardless of who becomes President. It's clear that the TPP will
pass. And Sanders must know that. It isn't even in the platform, as meaningless
as that is, because the fix is already in. Obama wants it. That means that it
was decided a long time ago and all of this protesting it is just a pretense.
And that means that, as Hedges said, our democracy is just a pretext. So it's
a question of how many people will be hurt how badly if Trump becomes
President or if Clinton becomes President. Do we even have control over that?
Miriam
