On 4 Nov 2023 at 11:51, EV@TucsonEV via EV wrote: > > Part of the problem is that our "leaders" are actually followers. > > Entirely true and as it should be, after all we elect our leaders and > they are supposed to follow the will of the people.
You (and I) wish. Nope; they follow the money. "To understand the Republican party, or the Democratic party, for that matter, it is most efficient to look directly at the clients -- or as political scientist Thomas Ferguson would call them, the 'major investors.' On that level, the ideological contradictions are unimportant. Political parties do function as mediating institutions, just not for voters." -- William Greider, "Who Will Tell the People" This isn't to say that voting has no effect on anything. It's just that it has little to no effect on public policies that interest the ultra-wealthy. The applicability of this principle to EVs will be left as an exercise for the reader. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Celebrity: a person known for his well-knownness. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
