I have written about this a couple of times. Being something of a maverick, I often don’t agree with the majority.
But the disconnect between what Americans want and what the government does has grown increasingly dramatic over the years. It seems to me in 1960, that the government and the people were very much aligned whereas now the government generally just ignores public opinion and serves oligarchs and corporations – and whoever coughs up enough dark money.
But here is one more example of the government and the people having different points of view.
From Al Jazeera,
Most Americans believe that all countries should recognise Palestine as a state, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll suggests, as public support for Israel in the United States continues to plunge amid the atrocities in Gaza.
A majority of respondents – 59 percent – also said that Israel’s military response in Gaza has been excessive.
I may be very much a maverick, but that is how I feel too.
James Alan Pilant
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