I've lost all patience. So sick of seeing people complain about... well, everything.
America, you want things to change? It's really pretty simple: start paying attention and stop voting against your own best interests.
Below are the basics. Until there's some progress on these things, everything else will just be a different colored shit-stain.
1. Campaign Finance Reform: Your government is bought, sold and paid for by 6 media conglomerates, 5 banks, a handful of oil and pharma companies, and Walmart. That won't change until you demand otherwise.
2. End Gerrymandering: don't know what this is? You should be embarrassed, because it impacts your life more than most of the pointless shit you care about and you don't even know it. Look it up.
3. Reinstate Glass-Steagall: It's no coincidence that during the time this existed we had no major depressions. And the moment it was revoked we had the "Great Recession." Simply put, banks should be boring. They shouldn't be allowed to gamble with your savings.
4. Reform Journalism: Like banks, the news should be boring, unbiased and non-partisan. Otherwise, it shouldn't be allowed to call itself "news." What we have now isn't news. It's sensationalized tabloid crap. And it's not doing anyone any good. It's just feeding you junk and you can't help yourself. Seriously, whatever it is you watch, try stopping for a month. Whether it's FOX, or MSNBC, or CNN, stop for one month. I dare you. See what happens.
5. End the War on Drugs: The entire and only reason for this is profit - someone's making money off it. It actually has negative societal value. The idea itself is offensive. Private prison corporations sell nothing. They have no products. They merely provide a service that our government can and should do itself. The ONLY way for this to be profitable is for them to do so cheaper than the government would. And the ONLY way for that to happen is for them to skimp on, well, everything. Their only supply is prisoners. They don't actually create anything. They provide NOTHING of value. THAT'S why we have the single largest prison population in the world. Think about that and how ridiculous that is. We have more prisoners than China, North Korea and Russia... COMBINED. Why? Because some asshole is making money off it.
Are there other things to worry about? Yes, of course. Gay marriage? Absolutely. That should also be a priority. Police brutality? No doubt. Racism? Hell yeah! But the truth is, all of those things are merely symptoms of the actual thing that is eating away at America from the inside: money. Issues like gay marriage are diversions to keep you distracted from what the oligarchs don't want you to notice: that they OWN you. When we rid ourselves of the shackles of indentured servitude to the gilded few, these issues will correct themselves automatically. Why? Because we won't be distracted anymore by trivialities that we're told we should concern ourselves with. Instead, our eyes will be opened and we will recognize that the real evil is the asshole who lives off our sweat and then complains about the way we smell.
I hate to break this to you, but there is one party that advocates for changing all of this and one party that advocates against changing any of it (unless they want to make it worse).
America, keep voting for Republicans. You'll keep getting the government you deserve. It really is that fucking simple. And if you're one of the cowards that tries to pretend both parties are equally at fault, go fuck yourself. You might be fooling yourself... hell, you might be fooling your friends... but that fucking emperor is naked and my eyes ain't lying, no matter what shit you're selling. Are there dirty Democrats? Sure. But in the greater scheme of things, they don't hold a candle to the sociopaths and criminals that comprise the GOP and vote Republican.
And guess what, if you don't like it... if you don't like what you're reading... suck a dick. You're wrong, and you're part of the problem.