I don't get it

[Benton]

(03-21-2017, 09:15 AM)Matt_Crimson Wrote: I'm being completely serious when I say this. Could someone please explain to me why the Russians hacking the DNC or "swaying" the elections as it has been put is a bad thing? I guess I'm not entirely informed on why this is a bad thing so I'm looking for someone to educate me. In addition to that question, how does the alleged "Trump collusion" fit into all of this "really bad stuff" that's going on.

The hacking is not that much different than allowing corporations to have giant tax breaks and deferments while spending large pots of money on political advertisement. It just happens to be that it's a foreign power who may not have the best interest of the U.S. people in mind. The same can be said for some of those companies swaying voters, too.

As far as the collusion, that is a serious problem.

Ever watch Star Wars? The originals, not the crappy 1-3, or the new one.

Luke, Han, Leia and a couple others band together to fight the Sith and the bad guys. How different would the movie have been if instead of Luke, Han and Leia, you chose Vader, Han and that fish face guy who is too incompetent to help out Han when Vader eventually turns on the rebels and profits from their catastrophic destruction?

That was the last election. We elected Vader (Trump) to lead the country (rebellion). He's countered by Han, who is (in this example) people who want the country (rebellion) to improve, and by Admiral Akbar, who also want the country to improve but are just really, really dumb and ineffective. And Han (Congress) won't be able to stop Vader (Trump) from acting against the country's (rebel alliance's) best interest because he's busy arguing with Akbar (more Congress) about how to stop the Empire (Russia/corporate interests).