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The US isn't a democracy and never will be until the rich and powerful are prevented from nominating our candidates.
by hwstar 11y ago
The US isn't a democracy and never will be until the rich and powerful are prevented from nominating our candidates.
- kiba 11y agoIt's a democracy, alright, elected by the people for the people. How big and fat a political campaign is irrelevant. It's ultimately the voters' responsibility. They are the one who elect the lizards, and listen to thrash news, and be terrified of serial killers and terrorists.
- cromulent 11y agoSure, it's a representative democracy, but many of those around the world are dysfunctional. Voters only get to influence their representative once every few years, whereas large donors and lobbyists influence them every day. This effectively makes it an oligarchy when these donors and lobbyists can influence both major parties.
- hwstar 11y agoThank you. That influence goes by another name: "Corruption".
- Filligree 11y agoI don't want the wrong lizard to get in.
- hwstar 11y agoThose who nominate the candidates control who gets elected. Until the people can select candidates with public financing, the system is rigged, and the public will never get to vote for a candidate who is not tied to the money of the nominators. Lets take a more blatant example: In Hong Kong, the slate of chief executives are preselected by the Chinese authorities, and then the people then get to vote for the pre-approved candidates. The Chinese government openly states the following: "I don't care how the people in Hong Kong vote so long as I get to do the nominating". In the United States, there is a group of very powerful people who provide money for candidates which essentially "pre selects" them as well with a "green primary". The public is voting for candidates vetted by the rich and powerful. When faced with a decision which contradicts the interests of the rich and powerful it takes a lot of discontent by the electorate to get a controversial policy through the lawmaking process. The political system in the US has been corrupted. The Citizen's United Ruling by SCOTUS was especially damaging.
- littletimmy 11y agoThe voters are not in their right state of mind, are they? The current media system doesn't really let them make rational choices. It plays politics like a team sport.