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I'm not destroying anything. You did hint at that, whether you realize it or not. This idea that the voters suddenly became disenfranchised from the government through no fault of their own is BS. They're disenfranchised because they /chose/ to become disenfranchised. Once the hippies won and we brought the troops home from Viet Nam, the people were done. Carter got into office and with the exception of making fun of Beer Billy, the country busily disconnected itself from politics. Reagan took office, told us that we would all prosper if we gave all our money to the rich guys, and that the government would make more money by lowering taxes and spending like crazy on the military. Three seconds of thought would make almost anyone, even the kid that got a 5 on his SATs sit up and say "hey wait a minute, bullshit!" but no one bothered to think.
So when you say the voters are disenfranchised, you are in fact hinting that they're stupid even if you don't mean to, and IMO you're right. They were stupid to get themselves disenfranchised, and they're stupid to let it continue. Hell look at the last election. I don't care who you voted for, I'm sure you'll agree that a pivotal issue in the election until the economy nosedived should not have been whether or not Obama was a Muslim, especially in light of the fact that he went to a Christian church who's pastor caused him so much trouble earlier. But it was, because people stupidly let it be. The country finally woke up, just a little, when they figured out their wallet was about to get hit with a cruise missile, and even then, what did they do about it? Not a hell of a lot. I didn't see any tea parties when Bush threw BILLIONS at the banks with no oversight, no requirements, and no controls. Oh but now that Obama is talking about structured bailouts that have conditions attached, suddenly here come all the Limbaugh fans to protest their tax cuts.
You think the voters are disenfranchised. Hell yes they are, and it's their own damn fault.
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