Don't Call It Democracy
How could someone as unpopular as Donald Trump be elected president in a democracy? It makes no sense. Isn't an election supposed to be a kind of popularity contest? The answer is simple: America is not a democracy. This election proves it. In fact, the U.S. has never been a democracy. Democracy is myth. Democracy is a buzzword. Long ago, James Madison said that the purpose of government is to protect the rich from the poor. That is not democracy; that is plutocracy, and don’t the plutocrats always win? It was the plutocratic 1% that selected the Donald, not the 99%. FDR said that presidents are selected, not elected, and they are not selected by the voters. It was the plutocrats who selected Hillary Clinton. They gave voters a choice, between Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Don’t call it democracy.
The election was rotten with corruption. More than enough to change the outcomes. Maybe the Russians meddled in it, maybe not, but voter suppression certainly did. The voting machines were hackable and programable. The gerrymandering, the long lines at the polls in Democratic districts, the purging of voters by Interstate Crosscheck, the needless ID requirements. The provisional ballots issued by the thousands to African-Americans and Hispanics who thought they had voted but whose votes will never be counted. The election was a criminal farce.
The most popular candidate, Bernie Sanders, never had a chance. As a socialist he was unacceptable to the plutocrats of both parties who decide these things. Never mind that the people wanted him. The U.S. has never elected a socialist. The people be damned. Money prevailed. Big Money had its way, and this is not the first election it has stolen. In fact, most presidential elections in this century have been stolen. It is a pattern. When will it end? Who will stop it, now that the voting rights act has been repealed, opening the floodgates to Big Money corruption. Heaven help us!
So let’s have no more lies about democracy. No more fairy tales. Voting is the opiate of the people, nothing more.
The election was rotten with corruption. More than enough to change the outcomes. Maybe the Russians meddled in it, maybe not, but voter suppression certainly did. The voting machines were hackable and programable. The gerrymandering, the long lines at the polls in Democratic districts, the purging of voters by Interstate Crosscheck, the needless ID requirements. The provisional ballots issued by the thousands to African-Americans and Hispanics who thought they had voted but whose votes will never be counted. The election was a criminal farce.
The most popular candidate, Bernie Sanders, never had a chance. As a socialist he was unacceptable to the plutocrats of both parties who decide these things. Never mind that the people wanted him. The U.S. has never elected a socialist. The people be damned. Money prevailed. Big Money had its way, and this is not the first election it has stolen. In fact, most presidential elections in this century have been stolen. It is a pattern. When will it end? Who will stop it, now that the voting rights act has been repealed, opening the floodgates to Big Money corruption. Heaven help us!
So let’s have no more lies about democracy. No more fairy tales. Voting is the opiate of the people, nothing more.
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(last edited Aug 26, 2017 01:52PM)
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Aug 26, 2017 01:52PM
Call it Republic.
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The dictionary definition of a republic:"a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch."
The U.S. does not qualify because the people don't have supreme power and their so-called representatives do not represent them or their interests. Nor do the people elect the president, who is selected and nominated by plutocratic elites. Bernie Sanders was the people's choice in the last election. The Donald was the most unpopular presidential candidate in U.S. history. The people did not nominate or elect Trump.
The expression "democracy" doesn t show up in the Declaration of Independence nor in the Constitution. Some of the Founding Fathers were very critical on the term democracy. Rule of law is better than the rule of a majority.As to Trump, at least 62 million voted for him.
Right. The Founding Fathers believed that government should protect the rich from the poor. The term "democracy" is just propaganda. Yes, 61 million misguided souls voted for Trump, in subservience to the plutocratic media, but millions more voted against him. Jill Stein's recount was flawed because it did not count provisional ballots.
