Elections are terrible creatures.
Elections push and pull, some legit and many illegitimately. It’s usually the strongest power which wins, It doesn't matter what the manifesto or rally-talk is.
Elections make rulers and the citizens the ruled ones. It is not citizens choosing a representative anymore as to having to choose who will rule them. Citizens decide who will crack the whip for next 4-5 years and whom are they going to obey.
Democracy is a hollow concept. What makes democracy whole is the ethics and sense of public duty. When the politicians we choose to govern are uninterested in these values, the democracy descends into farce. Each is better on their own than having to live under the weight of combined wisdom.
Elections are terrible for it shifts and polarize the opinions. And election years are more terrible than you can imagine. The whole series of manipulation, the conceptual hara-kiri, the freebies and threats, the success postures and the hidden whips all form to make it a terrible year for the establishment.
This rant is because of the couple of articles and opinions floating around - genuine or fake, is not my concern - that (may) have ability to influence how we see the democracy in decades to come. They are just blatant opportunism scaffold in the veneer of public good.
Below are some links that you may want to read - importantly, with a critical mind. Don’t believe anything you read, don't disagree with anything you read just for the heck of it. Read them in the order if possible and see if constant characters crop up. Stand back and look at the broad strokes that are in formation among these series of articles.
Just remember what makes election years terrible is the steady stream of lies, disinformation and deception.
Will Obama Keep Power 'by Any Means Necessary?
Too Much of a Good Thing - Why we need less democracy.
The New Normal's New Populism
Also:
Do Obama's Executive Orders Reveal A Pattern?
Who Does The Government Intend To Shoot?
If anything Democracy has become it is this: The false rule of majority and Tyranny of Minority.
The first shots in undermining the majority voted electoral systems have been fired. Probably this time in some seriousness. In effect the 99% won’t matter.
We leave you with some snippets from the above articles:
"This is why I believe that we need to jettison the Civics 101 fairy tale about pure representative democracy and instead begin to build a new set of rules and institutions that would make legislative inertia less detrimental to our nation’s long-term health."
"A significant part of the response to polarization and gridlock must involve creating more independent institutions." (Link)
"Over 165 million people, a clear majority of the 308 million Americans counted by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2010, are at least partially dependents of the state."
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising them the most benefits from the public treasury."
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