I've spent a ton of time reading political, economic and social news and educating myself and others but I am not going to waste any more time with it. This bill ending the protections against risky trading by the big banks is the final nail in the coffin. So many average Americans lost homes, savings and pensions because Glass-Steagall was repealed and now even the lesser protections put in place after the recession are gone. The politicians are completely owned by Wall Street, Corporations, the 1% and the special interests. We are fully an Oligarchy and the idea that we are a Democracy, much less the seeder and leader of Democratic governments around the world is the greatest fraud in history. I can make no difference and all it does for me to try to educate myself and others to make better political decisions accomplishes is for me to be stressed and manipulated by the spin thrown out by our President and democratic politicians as much as the Republicans.
I will spend my time on local matters only and vote only in local elections. American democracy is a farce.
1:47 PM PT: I want to say that I am not throwing in the towel because of "one thing". It is also that campaign finance in now such that the pipes are wide open and all politicians must kow-tow to the 1% to get elected and stay elected.
I am aware that demographics, republican policies and inability to change and other factors make things look good for democrats just a few years down the road. The problem is that they love money as much as the republicans do and are just as dependent on money from the 1%.
I have been living on disability since 2005. My body does not deal well with stress and it truly and substantially costs me to do what I've been doing on the political front. I have finally come to the conclusion that it gains nothing for anyone.