Ronald Reagan was wrong.
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem."
Fuck that fucker.
Guess who the government in a democracy* is?
It's the people, so let's try some word replacement.
"The people are not the solution to our problem, the people are the problem."
Doesn't that sound like a much better motto for a bunch of oligarchs who don't want the burden of caring about the plebes to undercut their profit margin?
Fuck the oligarchs too.
How about we try some more word replacement?
Who is responsible to make sure corporations don't poison the water supply?
The people.
Who is responsible to make sure that a person is paid a fair wage for the labor they do?
The people.
Who is responsible to make sure that a work environment isn't going to maim or kill those who work in it?
The people.
Who is responsible to make sure your children aren't killed in a foreign land because a war is the best way to shore up the stock market?
The people.
Check your results. How did you do?
This is your country, your government, your rules.
You want universal healthcare, done.
You want renewable sources of energy, done.
You want to stop the murder of brown people on the other side of the planet, done.
You want to stop the murder of brown people in our own fucking cities by the mother fucking police, done.
Be the problem oligarchs think you are. Make the world a better place for you and everyone in it.
*If your first thought is to bring up how the United States is a republic and not a democracy please remove that pedantic stick from your ass and jab it into your eye.
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem."
Fuck that fucker.
Guess who the government in a democracy* is?
It's the people, so let's try some word replacement.
"The people are not the solution to our problem, the people are the problem."
Doesn't that sound like a much better motto for a bunch of oligarchs who don't want the burden of caring about the plebes to undercut their profit margin?
Fuck the oligarchs too.
How about we try some more word replacement?
Who is responsible to make sure corporations don't poison the water supply?
The people.
Who is responsible to make sure that a person is paid a fair wage for the labor they do?
The people.
Who is responsible to make sure that a work environment isn't going to maim or kill those who work in it?
The people.
Who is responsible to make sure your children aren't killed in a foreign land because a war is the best way to shore up the stock market?
The people.
Check your results. How did you do?
This is your country, your government, your rules.
You want universal healthcare, done.
You want renewable sources of energy, done.
You want to stop the murder of brown people on the other side of the planet, done.
You want to stop the murder of brown people in our own fucking cities by the mother fucking police, done.
Be the problem oligarchs think you are. Make the world a better place for you and everyone in it.
*If your first thought is to bring up how the United States is a republic and not a democracy please remove that pedantic stick from your ass and jab it into your eye.