New laws must be written to shut off the spigot of Dark Money. Or get SCOTUS to revisit the ruling and somehow "fix" it. I don't have much hope of that happening. It's a huge mistake by our Supreme Court that changed everything in 2010.

although it certainly didn't help. Huge mistakes have been happening for a while. The money-is-speech decision came in 1976.

Truth has to find a way to break through the noise of propaganda, but I don't know how.

but when the corporate media stands to gain substantial 'super bowl like' profits from elections. how can their unwillingness to present fact based objective information be stopped when it's money they want.

Whatever you think of patriotism in its various forms, these are questions which should concern us.

Personally, I think the big problem is the collective consequence of many individuals making the same decision, each for individual, but similar, reasons: Americans simply value money more than they value people. If value is reflected in respect and the granting of authority, then clearly individuals do not count for much in this country compared to wealth.

I don't think a "god" to worship is necessary to prevent this, but people need to recognize that selfishness-driven societies will always have worse living conditions for the majority, even when the prosperity of the 1% tries to mask that fact. We need to surrender not to any god, but to rationality, and the repeatedly confirmed experimental observation that societies which function for the collective good lead to more universal happiness than societies which function to indulge personal self-indulgence under the banner of individual "rights" to inflict collective harm.

while they continue to brainwash children with all sorts of irrational mumbo jumbo.

fair elections where every vote is counted and everyone can vote
rise the highest marginal tax rate to over 70% and raise the inheritance tax
get money out of politics money is not speech our government should not be for sale

A great song

2nd question: I know this is probably controversial, but we should require all candidates to take a citizenship test, and /or a U.S. Constitution test to be eligible to run for office.

3rd question: Probably the best reform would be stringent campaign finance laws, get rid of Citizens United. We should publicly fund campaigns.

for all candidates at all levels.

Democrats untied, stronger together, for the people!

I'll put in all the things that are important to us.

Is everyone good with that?