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All the time these days I here people describe economies and political systems as "rigged". Do you actually mean the US political system was deliberately lain
by mac01021 10y ago
All the time these days I here people describe economies and political systems as "rigged".
Do you actually mean the US political system was deliberately lain out by a mastermind with the goal of preventing the emergence of alternative parties?
Or just that the system has evolved (without design) to be hostile to minority parties?
If the latter, the word "rigged" seems misleading and inflammatory to me. If the former, where should I look to learn more about this conspiracy?
- thechao 10y agoI've participated in Independent, Republican, and Democratic campaigns. The US system at the local level (at least Houston, Austin, and central east Texas) is actually pretty solid. Once you realize there's a fairly good sized contingent of busy-bodies who just want naked power, regardless of political position, it's pretty easy to see how things work. OTOH, the state- and federal- levels felt fairly divorced from their contingent. Except for the platform "branding" they're virtually identical. This is the reason I think it's so important to keep as many of the functions of the state at the local level, with rational oversight from the top in terms of protecting positive rights, i.e., restrictions of the powers of government.
- aedron 10y agoThe impression I got from studying the subject is that it is actually rigged, as in deliberately designed like that. Unfortunately I usually don't remember the details, only my takeaway, but I read very good objective treatise on the subject, I think it was in A People's History of the United States. I highly recommend it for a balanced and critical look at American history.