============================================================================ From: "Michael Rodden" <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#1147> Florida is the tip of the iceberg... Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 19:42:42 -0000 Why rig an election if the outcome is irrelevant to the advancement of your agenda? Michael =========================== Howdy fellow Wexfordite, If the outcome is irrlevant to your agenda, then there is little reason to rig anything. But in the case of the recent election, what precisely is the 'outcome' and what is the 'agenda'? I suggest there are several of each involved in this scenario. Clearly it makes no real difference to the regime which puppet playboy dines in the White House for the next four years. That 'outcome' is as you suggest, irrelevant to them. Another outcome, quite likely, is the abolition of the electoral- college system. I'm not sure that would make a decisive difference in anything, but it is one more step away from locally-based democracy, and one step closer to totally centralized advertising campaigns in place of political campaigns. Other outcomes of the election are increased divisiveness in the population and increased disrespect for political institutions. These are what I consider to be the significant outcomes from a strategic perspective, and these are very much relevant to the regime's agenda of disenfranchisment and its tactics of divide-and-rule. You might ask why I look for 'strategic outcomes' in this recent scenario. I've learned to pay attention to the various media circuses that come along periodically in U.S. media. I've observed that each of these recurring dramas captures everyone's attention, and that in each case there are camels being smuggled behind the circus farce. It has become an effective propaganda genre, accelerating the achievement of elite objectives. best regards, rkm http://cyberjournal.org ============================================================================
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