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> Isn't the real solution to have some group responsible for providing oversight and enforcement to elected officials? Most US citizens seem to consider their
by leppr 5y ago
> Isn't the real solution to have some group responsible for providing oversight and enforcement to elected officials?
Most US citizens seem to consider their government to be a "Democracy", that responsibility/authority should therefore naturally fall on the whole of their citizens.
- wyre 5y agoMost US citizens are told and taught we live in a democracy, but our systems were designed as a republic. Saying that it is the citizens fault for our politicians corruption is the same flavor as saying it is citizen’s faults for global warming because we use plastic and drive cars.