Where is the greatest threat to your well being coming from?

[dmosh42]

Wondering if DUers see things differently than Fox news viewers.

40 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Time expired
	Syria
	0 (0%)
	U.S corporations
	29 (73%)
	U.S. billionaires
	11 (28%)
	Iran
	0 (0%)
	No. Korea
	0 (0%)
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[meaculpa2011]

1. Polls. n/t

[Niceguy1]

2. my evil ex wife lol

[Blus4u]

3. So what were.....

So what were the 'Foxite's' results?

If this were not a comparison poll, I would have included: The NSA and Our militarized police state.


Peace

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. Immediately, or long-term?

Long-term the greatest threat comes from the inadequacy of not just the US but world governments in addressing the issues of climate change, food security, adequate water supplies and sustainable energy. But most people can't be bothered to worry about things whose effects and consequences are 20 or 30 years down the road.

[MADem]

5. The aging process. Can't stop it, can't reverse it. nt

[Jackpine Radical]

28. Oh, you can stop it alright.

[MADem]

34. I'm not interested in entering the "decomposition phase" just yet, thanks anyway!! nt

[Jackpine Radical]

36. That was an observation, not a suggestion.

As one old geezer told me, "It's hell getting old."
All I could say was, "It beats the alternative."

[MADem]

40. Can't argue with that POV.... nt

[madokie]

6. I have to say Billionaires

they're who have the time on their hands to scheme and fund the so called think tanks who come up with all these different way to fuck us royally.
Corporations just rip us off on merchandise, mostly

[Turbineguy]

7. What?

No same sex marriage choice?

[sendero]

8. The US government.

.... as directed by corporations and the 1%.

[etherealtruth]

9. I would have to say the undo influence of corporations on the government

It is something that (in my mind) cannot be separated

[Laelth]

10. Greed.

Tough call between corporations, themselves, and the billionaires who own them. Odd poll.

-Laelth

[DURHAM D]

11. REPUBLICANS !

[treestar]

33. +1

[Earth_First]

12. Healthcare. nt

[jwirr]

13. US corporations followed by the billionaires who own them.

[adirondacker]

14. Multinational Corporations that purchase OUR politicians. nt

[justabob]

15. Corporations, but I wouldn't limit it to US corps

... the multinational big boys are as bad, if not worse.

[CFLDem]

16. Probably myself

Why is food so good and exercise so hard?

[Denis 11]

17. ALEC

American Legislative Exchange Council. I have seldom seen this evil organization discussed here on DU.

[SecularMotion]

41. There have been many informative discussions of ALEC on DU

https://www.google.com/search?q=American+Legislative+Exchange+Council&sitesearch=democraticunderground.com

[Denis 11]

44. I missed them but...

I listened to a brilliant take down of Alec on public radio.

[Demeter]

18. You forgot the feckless government that has abandoned its sacred charge

Of the People, By the People, For the People!

[shenmue]

19. Right now it's the fact that I'm out of work

And I'm having a hard time getting unemployment.

[LWolf]

20. There is no "greatest."

All sources are interconnected.

The billionaires, the giant corporations, the privatizers: the capitalists; the fascists and religious fascists; the public school and teacher haters, the haters of labor, of the old, the poor, the women...

[zeemike]

21. The Military Industrial Complex that Ike warned us about

But that is the same as the corporation so I chose that.

[ScreamingMeemie]

22. Other...Myself.

It will always be myself.

[Octafish]

23. Television.

Owned and operated by corporations and billionaires.

[Kaleva]

24. Myself. My bad habits.

Am working on correcting them though. Smoked 2-3 packs a day for years but quit earlier this spring. Started yesterday on changing my eating habits. I need to lose weight and consume more nutritious foods.

[closeupready]

25. Where's the 'gay marriage' option?

[randome]

26. Austerity. Choking off government spending by the lazy Republican House.

It's responsible for so many ills.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[taught_me_patience]

27. Myself

I could probably exercise more and eat less fat.

[randome]

30. And be a little LESS patient, perhaps?

Kidding.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[IADEMO2004]

29. Human competition for resources.

[Vox Moi]

31. An uninformed and disinterested electorate

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

32. Ambitious politicians who will do anything to keep in office.

"Were parties here divided merely by a greediness for office,...to take a part with either would be unworthy of a reasonable or moral man." Thomas Jefferson to William Branch Giles, 1795.

[lumberjack_jeff]

35. Congress.

They are rapidly undoing all of the things that allowed working class people to prosper. It's not disney's fault that congress gave them a perpetual license for Mickey Mouse.

[HereSince1628]

37. The 3rd Way/DLC. IOW, elite members of the Democratic Party.

Knowing the enemies we allow in close...without security in close, there is no security.

[1000words]

48. +1

The neutering of an opposition party in a two-party system.

[demosincebirth]

38. Kind of a leading poll, don't you think?

[Taitertots]

39. The greatest threat to us all is our fundamentally unsustainable way of living

The fossil fuel based economy: Our well being is largely dependent on our ability to extract petrochemical resources.

The constant war model of geopolitics:

The rapid expansion of the surveillance state:

Resource domination: The vast majority of the world's resources are controlled by a tiny cabal of wealthy people.

[dmosh42]

42. I posted this poll, wondering how close we all are in our 'world view'....

And we are amazingly focused on where the main problem is. (US corporations & the billionaires) Of course I agree with some who felt there are other important items I didn't include, but I wanted it to be 'to the point'. With the talk of a negotiated Trans Pacific 'free trade' bill about to be announced, the rumors are it will be done in favoring the corporations being able to override our constitutional laws. I'm glad to be at a place where we all share a view on where our enemies are. Thanks to all who took this time to answer your choices.

[Jamastiene]

43. My neighbors?

They randomly fire their guns at who knows what. I never know who is firing the guns. I just know I hear them randomly at the damnedest times.

Otherwise, it's between U.S. Corporations and U.S. billionaires who are right wing. I feel no threat from someone like Ted Turner, but some of the others who support right wing policies are a threat. I just wish I could match them dollar for dollar, in the opposite direction, toward liberal policies and practices.

[grantcart]

45. Some idiot with a *redacted* who gets pissed off and goes to his *redacted* safe and gets out

a couple of *redacted* and walks into the nearest store and starts *redacted*.

A couple of years ago some guy went to the local school 2 blocks from my house with a loaded *redacted* and started *redacted* kids and wounded 2 until some undocumented workers from across the street ran into the play field and tackled him, it hardly made the news because there were no fatalities.

[eqfan592]

46. That's really unlikely to be the greatest threat to you.

By probability alone if anything else. But my guess is sensationalism was more interesting to you in this case.

[RedCappedBandit]

47. Multinational corps, the wealthy elite, etc.