tags: election 2000

2000

November

2000 Nov 8

democracy?!?!

While I'm no naive optimist regarding the democratic process in the United States, I think there's something to be said about the relative calm of the populace despite how hotly contested the election is. Of course, whether this is due to the fact that Americans are among the most apathetic citizens in the world, or whether there is a sense of civic virtue and faith in the system, I can't really say.

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2000 Nov 15

Fight Club Quotes; Election Commentary; Poetry; Other Randomness

The title says it all

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December

2000 Dec 13

Democracy is Dead

It’s time to leave the country.

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2000 Dec 14

The Death of the American Dream

When I took A.P. U.S. History in high school… I learned about the crooked ways of the Republic. I learned that for the most part, the prosperity of this country is owed to the unthanked labor and often the death of the oppressed, starting with the poor ignorant English folk who came as indentured servants, starving to death at the hands of gentleman-adventurers who dreamt big but did little actual work. But the Native Americans are [the most obvious] first victims of the nascent Imperial onslaught… [starting with] the diseases the filthy Europeans had brought over, and… the depradations of… imperial Spain. The English did not become numberous enough to challenge the Natives for a while, although, I must say that it didn't take long for treaty-signing and subsequent backstabbing to become standard policy. After that came the despoilment of Africa….

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