"Voting is Worthless!"

By Joshua Kurlantzick, Foreign Policy, March/April 2013 From his article titled "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back"

Even where democracy has deeper roots, disillusionment with the political process has exploded in recent years. From hundreds of thousands of Indians demonstrating against corruption to Israelis camping in the streets of Tel Aviv to protest their leaders’ lack of interest in basic economic issues to the French pushing back against government austerity measures, middle classes are increasingly turning to street protests to make their points. “Our parents are grateful because they’re voting,” one young woman told a reporter in Spain, where unemployment now tops 50 percent for young people. “We’re the first generation to say that voting is worthless.”

Dennis´2nd comment: Of course voting is worthless, if both political figures are controlled by the financial powers behind the scenes. The sad state of affairs is that the agenda of the financial powers overrides all others, so neither political figure is able to keep to his campaigning promises, but must submit himself to his financial supporters who ultimately stem from the same financial family of friends. Canidates may be blue or red or orange, but the all wag their tails to the green bucks and must obey their sugar Daddy or pay the penalty in political scandal, defeat or death depending on how serious the offense may be. Clinton learned his lesson. Nixon his. Sadam Hussein and Gadalfy learned theirs. The financial powers that be are a mean lot and do not tolerate to disobedience. You take the money and follow their mandates, or else. That´s the sad state of affairs beneath the blanket of freedom and democracy.

Original Comment by Dennis: Of course it is useless, if the only available politicians are controlled by the financial powers that be. Then those financial powers use the elected officials for their own ends and not for the peoples ends. The people end up losing confidence in the democratic institutions because behind the scenes they are controlled by the money of the financial powers. So whether you vote one way or the other, the agenda chosen and followed is the agenda of the hidden financial powers with a little red color or blue depending on which party wins the election.