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The democratic system is fine, but that's not what we have. Citizens United essentially nullified voting. The rich can now purchase the representative they want
by frogperson 11mo ago
The democratic system is fine, but that's not what we have. Citizens United essentially nullified voting. The rich can now purchase the representative they want, the one that best suits their needs. That representative, once "elected" has zero incentive to work for the people.
I don't know what this system is called, but its definitely not democracy.
- SubiculumCode 11mo agoThe solution, imo, is to increase the number of representatives to something like 1 per 50,000 or 100,000 citizens. When your representative comes from your own town, the same highschool, the more likely they are known by many in their district, and do not need to rely on advertising, as when they could literally knock on most doors in their district, they do not need to beg for money to run a campaign from huge national interests.
- ferguess_k 11mo agoI think the only solution is to produce knowledgeable citizens who can stand up without hesitation. Unfortunately that requires a lot of people to work together -- exactly the things the elites are not comfortable with.