Generation Y and politics

Been reading lately about how there's a fairly strong chance a third-party candidate will win the next presidential election.
A lot of people will be cheering if we get our first third-party president.
I foresee a lot of shouts of "End the partisan corruption!" and such.


Sad thing is, no matter who gets elected or what party they're from, chances are very high that nothing will change for the better, and several things will most likely change for the worse.

When Obama first got elected, I wasn't jumping up and down in celebration, but at the very least I thought "Well, it's somebody new, so maybe we'll see a few things done differently."

...turns out the stuff I wanted to see done differently (i.e., finally end the illegal wars we've been constantly involved in for most of my lifetime a la Oceania vs. Eurasia) didn't change, and got worse (Libya).

Thus I, and looking at the statistics most of my generation, are probably more cynical about the federal government than any generation before.

We know it's screwing us over on taxes and college costs and entitlement programs while our parents (the Baby Boomers) are starting to settle into their billion-dollar retirement communities.

But we've been taught by our parents and by the presidents we've actually had the chance to vote for that voting is MEANINGLESS.
No matter who is elected, about half the country will spend his/her entire first term complaining about every little thing he/she does, and fervently hoping that he/she is ousted immediately after.

No one who wants the office is morally qualified to have it (except maybe Ron Paul).
Those who seek power are least worthy of it, and those who are most worthy of it don't seek it.
The whole "election" fiasco is one big advertising campaign to give us the illusion of making a choice.

Choosing between getting a bullet in the left eye and getting a bullet in the right eye is no choice at all.

Even assuming an honest person who honestly didn't give two craps about lobbyists or special interest groups, and genuinely wanted to make this country a better place, he/she would be shackled by "the party", i.e. the corporate bigwigs and their political slaves who only seek to tighten their control of this country in the name of "laissez-faire".

The question on that is, WHOSE HANDS ARE STAYING OFF?
The answer? Us. The you's and me's of this world.
We who WEREN'T born into wealth, actually have to WORK to have basic necessities, and who by our labors KEEP THIS COUNTRY GOING.

But in order to keep the financial fascism under cover, they have to wrap the ball of dog crap in pretty golden wrapping paper called "Democracy."

What separates financial fascistic rule by a wealthy elite and communistic rule by the working-class masses?

The middle class.
A unique American invention which provides the opportunity for social mobility.
The entire American Dream was that if you worked hard and long enough, got a college degree, and continually persevered, you could provide a better life for your family.

But the financial fascists have been working for decades to dissolve the middle class, to continually widen the gap between rich and poor, all the while keeping everyone occupied by playing us off against each other in "politics."

If we could set aside our differing opinions on abortion, homosexuality, gun control, and a thousand other ultimately-insignificant issues, we could come together as a nation and demand the ousting of every last corporate puppet from our government, revamp the laws regarding "campaign contributions" (AKA bribes), and ensure that only those individuals willing to act in our best interests, especially regarding compromise, are put in power above us.