tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post4885563059880535007..comments2024-03-25T15:31:12.151-07:00Comments on We Live In A Political World: #63 / Deep StateGary A. Pattonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15049925834933920507noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-43358478889787760802014-03-04T11:26:06.603-08:002014-03-04T11:26:06.603-08:00We do not and never have lived in a democracy in t...We do not and never have lived in a democracy in the United States. The United States government has not departed from democracy; it has continued on the republican, federalist path set out by the Constitution of the United States of America.<br /><br />We cannot "take apart" the present government of the United States. This is impossible. The government/corporate oligarchy has too much political, economic and military power to be successfully dismantled by the public at large, even if a majority of the public could be mobilized for such an undertaking. The public of the United States is too much in thrall to the consumer, growth at any price culture to even understand the desirability of creating a truly democratic system of government in this country.<br /><br />The only path is to turn our backs on the consumer culture, to create local democratic institutions in our own communities, to be the change we wish to see in the world. <br /><br />This is not easy nor swift. It is inexorable and inevitable.Michael A. Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980105313542633114noreply@blogger.com