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Change?

As entertaining as this video is, the status quo of Democrat and Republican is not the answer. And it certainly does not have anything to do with change. Unfortunately people love glossy high-price messages, especially if it preys on peoples emotions and is catchy.

Of course, since I live in the District of Columbia my vote won't matter. No, it's not because we don't have any voting rights in the House or Senate, and no it's not because we have some electronic voting machines that are trivial to hack and change vote counts. It's because we don't have a democracy we have a Oligarchy. Our presidential election is not based on the vote of the people. Our government does not operate under the will of the majority.

In the District of Columbia it will not matter if I vote for the Democrat or the Republican, and certainly won't matter if I vote for a alternative party such as the green, or libertarian. Our electoral college will be choosing a Democrat and DC will be a blue state.

If we were a true democracy and not an Oligarchy Bush would never have been president in the first place. Sadly people are so wrapped up in manufactured, heart-string picking, BBQ-grilling, catchy nostalgic rhetoric to even notice.

So since it doesn't really matter anyway, I'll be voting for one of these following people, in hope for actual change, not just a song about it.

GREEN PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES