I'm registered as a Democrat. But that isn't really the truth.

In truth, I'm a liberal. And in spite of what Republicans have tried to brainwash the American people for the last forty years, the word "liberal" is not a dirty word. Without liberals, neither women nor African Americans would have the right to vote. Without liberals, there would be no civil rights movement. Without liberals there would be no Gay rights. Without liberals women wouldn't have control over their own bodies. The list goes on…

Needless to say, liberals are FORWARD thinkers. Not content with "how things always have been", excluding the have-nots, rather including everyone a seat at the table and looking forward towards the future.

I'm registered as a Democrat. But that isn't really the truth.

In truth I'm also a Socialist. Once again, socialism isn't really the dirty word "real Americans" would have you believe. You believe in Medicare? Social Security? Public schools? Do you drive over interstate highways or benefit from goods transported over those selfsame highways? Trust me, this list too, goes on…  Whether you like it or not, without realizing it, you too have bought into the concept of socialism. And your lives have been better for it. And despite popular belief, socialism can and does co-exist alongside free enterprise.

So even though I'm not really a Democrat, I've found my progressive worldviews are more in tune with the Democratic Party. Now having said that, this is the 21st century and the United States has long outgrown the two party system. Republicans AND Democrats have been compromised by big business. Bought and sold a thousand times over… and it's been going on for decades. Make no mistake, Wallstreet largely controls what goes on in the beltway.

But not completely.

Time's Person of the Year was the Protestor. I wholeheartedly agree. From Egypt to Wisconsin, from Occupy Wallstreet to Tunisia, regular 99 percenters like you and me changed [and continue to change] the discourse. At the end of the day the Koch Bros. billions and the wallets of their like-minded brethren can't stop billions in the streets who finally decided that…

Perhaps corporations AREN'T people.

That the top 1 percent of the United State's wealthy should pay THEIR FAIR SHARE in taxes.

That perhaps CEO's and owners and shareholders SHOULDN'T be paid a thousand times more than the average hard working citizen.

That TRUE job creation might need to come from the GOVERNMENT itself [WPA google it] as opposed to giving corporations massive tax breaks hoping futilely that the lauded trickle down economics actually works. Newsflash: IT doesn't.

I could go on, but I think you've got the idea.

But what does all this have to do with DeviantArt?

Well I'm too old to protest for months at a time in any given city for a cause. But it doesn't mean I can't show my support. Consider me a mole. A provocateur. I've got zero problems whispering in someone's ear. At my corporate job. At the supermarket. In the comicbook store. Hell, I'M DOING IT RIGHT NOW…

And most importantly, I'm a creator. Images and typography can convey my intent in an instant as opposed to the minute or two it took to read this diatribe. So that's what I'm gonna do… when the mood hits me I'm going to illustrate political views that are important to me. I've got a few already lined up. In the interim enjoy…

IF CORPORATIONS ARE PEOPLE…
THEN THE PEOPLE ARE SOCIOPATHS