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Okay, if you want to be that guy, then I'll also be that other guy and say the Democracy is "drowning in the free speech of a handful of wealthy people." Is th
by mtgx 9y ago
Okay, if you want to be that guy, then I'll also be that other guy and say the Democracy is "drowning in the free speech of a handful of wealthy people."
Is that much better though? And is that the system we should be content with? Or should be strive for an improved, more equal democracy?
At the end of the day the "money vote" greatly skews the "one person, one vote" principle, which is supposed to give everyone (or those who choose to take it) equal opportunity to influence government decisions. Clearly wealthy people have much more influence than a "single vote" in the U.S. plutocracy or than some random person in the U.S.
- vzcx 9y agoHow much longer does its head have to be held under before it's dead? Do you actually believe that all people have an equal stake in the future of the country? To me it is blatantly obvious that a party animal of an adolescent, say, does not have the same stake in the future a country than a land-owning parent of three children. I would much, much prefer a system wherein those that have sacrificed real, tangible resources in order to secure voting rights have a voice in the governance of the institutions of state, and those that have not do not. Thankfully, examples of institutions that function this way abound: It's simply how all modern corporations are structured.