Political Stragedy and Public Acceptance

[Texsox]

I'm wondering why we are so easily lead by political parties and special interest groups. It seems like this is a more recent phenomenon I believe is being brought about by media and especially out social media activities. Obviously in the political realm both parties formulate strategies to have voters vote for them. They bolster that through various avenues. It starts with a concentrated point where all the party leaders are on the same page and making the same attack. Quickly the party faithful pick up the theme and keep repeating it. We accept it faster than an add for a commercial product.

 

Or a special interest group has a self serving idea they want to make public policy. The create a good story, find a couple scary scenarios, and again we jump on it like it was the public's idea. Are we really thinking for ourselves or finding the best story and going with it?

[caulfield12]

So what is really going on? Corporate profits have soared as a share of national income, but there is no sign of a rise in the rate of return on investment. How is that possible? Well, it’s what you would expect if rising profits reflect monopoly power rather than returns to capital.

 

As for wages and salaries, never mind college degrees — all the big gains are going to a tiny group of individuals holding strategic positions in corporate suites or astride the crossroads of finance. Rising inequality isn’t about who has the knowledge; it’s about who has the power.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/23/opinion/...top-span-region

Part of the reason is "tricking" the American people into believing that the biggest issue is educational reform.

 

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/opinion/...ntial-race.html

 

Another part of the equation is the undue influence of PAC's, soft money, the Koch Brothers, etc. There's a growing concern as well about how much influence foreign powers will have on a future White House based on their donations to the Clintons' non-profit foundation.

 

Sure, we publish stories about the dizzying, obscene heights of spending by major donors, like one written in The Times last month by Nicholas Confessore. He noted that the Koch brothers had drawn up a budget of $889 million for the 2016 election cycle.

 

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We report, as we did in January, on how well or poorly Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz performed when they spoke at a gathering put together by the Kochs in Southern California. But we don’t flag the oddity of these auditions, the chilling bizarreness of the way the road to the White House winds not only through the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary but also through plutocrats’ posh retreats.

Edited February 24, 2015 by caulfield12

[NorthSideSox72]

Stragedy? Is that like Strategery?

 

[Texsox]

Too subtle?