If you check the Cypherpunks archives you'll find an 18 point answer to that question I posted in the last year or so. On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 baptista@pccf.net wrote:

so .. how do you propose the problems be fixed?

On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, super ego wrote:

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HOW CAN YOU BELIEVE?

HOW CAN YOU BELIEVE IN A OUR GOVERNMENT WHEN EVERY POLITICIAN IN AMERICAN HISTORY HAS LIED TO GET INTO OFFICE, WITH THE IDEA OF TELL THEM WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR?

NOT A SINGLE POLITICIAN IN OUR GOVERNMENT USES HIS GOOD REPUTATION OR HIS BACK GROUND TO GET INTO OFFICE ANYMORE. THEY RAISE AN ISSUE THAT IS MOST NERVE RACKING AND STAND ON THE SIDE THAT GETS THEM MORE VOTES. THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT, THEY WANT INTO OFFICE ANY THEY WILL LIE AND TELL YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR IN ORDER TO GET IT.

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