O.K. then... When the WTO meets in Seattle and the town turns into a HUGE protest, does this represent apathy? NO IT DOESN'T! The discontent that is brewing in America is real, even if there are TOO MANY ISSUES to allow a nice clean adgenda to be set.
But it DOES seem to be fashionable for aware people to be cynical, and it is even more GLAMOROUS to not vote! The very real REALITY is that if we could activate this huge segment of the population (you know, the gifted annimated left) to actually vote, AND vote their conscience... NADER WILL WIN. It is as simple as that.
When it comes right down to it, less people will vote for dubaya shrub than we think... it is actually a small percentage of the voting populus. The level of intimidation that we experience from the conservative capitalist corporatives (CCC) of the world is basically a guilt driven fantasy, and it only exists if we allow it to be real to us.
When the WTO met, and the ensuing rallies took place, there was a presence made by people (who were not just finding an excuse to break windows and vandalize honest business people...I really wish they had not done the violence thing), expressing their concern for the overall direction of 'progress'. That is the taproot for global change, and we are 'the people' who can make it happen. NADER REPRESENTS THIS FORCE, and we have a quasi-responsibility to remind people that individuals WILL make a difference.
I am just amazed at the scope of change that awaits us... if we snap out of it and network like we mean it!
Love and honor! ttr