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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
Absolutely none. Politic are a trap. I'm more about community activism and awareness, once you sell-out your own personal power and agency to the politicians you've not only lost the battle, you've given up on the war entirely and are POW to the shitstem. I am sorry to break it to some of y'all, but our political system is a total crock and lie. It always has been, always will be. I understand as folks get older, start families, get involved in their careers and paying their bills that they honestly, genuinely, and sincerely WANT TO BELIEVE in our politics, but believing doesn't make it reality. It is a waste of effort to participate in the political system and process, rather, folks like I said need to be more involved directly in their communities, in their after-school programs, in their gang and community outreach programs, at a grass-roots level. National politics is a gossipy distraction, and Mr. Obama is a lame attempt at "Feel Good" politics but entirely lacks any of the substance needed to actually change things. The folks in our societies that have done the most to change them, are those who worked largely OUTSIDE of the political process, because the political machinery only co-opts the movement, swallows it up alive, and crushes our bones in their gullets 
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Well youve just proved !!!FF@@|| 's point. Removing yourself from wider activism because they dont understand where you are coming from, with your particular gripes, and your particular local issues, you end up sounding like a right wing isolationist - kinda like this guy
The fact that democratic politics corrupts is a given, I am fully aware of this, and in my previous post i gave three examples (two of which its entirely understandable that youve never heard of) of people who managed to transcend the imperfect system to achieve something.
My challenge to you is to move beyond the easy cynicism of the Ron Paul idiosphere