The Penny Drops...

[jeff47]

3. Actually, no. My view is longer than yours.

You are concerned about a "long view" that is around 20 years.

I'm concerned about a "long view" that is around 50 years or more.

We have virtually no one attempting to represent "the people" anymore. That has lead to massive voter apathy that allows abuses to continue and the situation for "the people" to get worse and worse. We need to change that course, or it won't matter that the SCOTUS nominees are slightly better this time around.

People do not peacefully starve to death. We are creating more and more starvation and stratification. We need to stop that, or there will be violent revolution. And the results of that revolution are entirely unpredictable. We could end up wishing it was only as bad as Scalia.

We have to turn the course of our nation, not give platitudes about feeling bad about our course.

money from the Oligarchs who will be hedging their bets, as always. Because yes, we want whoever it is to be indebted to popular support as much as possible.

These two statements are utterly contradictory.