Democracy to fight corruption that leads to inequality and is result of weak institutions according to Robert Reich | Democracy, elections and voting
What do we owe one another as members of the same society?
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Robert Reich poses this question to us during the week of Christmas. As we approach the end of another year, we face as a country, some pretty sobering realities. Taxes have been cut on the rich, public schools have deteriorated, higher education.
Richard Fobes says
Although the effects of the corruption are obvious (except to the people in Washington DC), the cause of the corruption is hidden because most voters do not “do the math.” “Doing the math” of primary elections reveals that the majority of voters split their votes whenever two reform-minded candidates oppose a special-interest puppet. Special-interest money makes sure that a single reform-minded candidate never runs against a special-interest puppet, because then the reform candidate would win. (Of course both primary parties also resist allowing a reform candidate in their primary election.) The primary elections of both parties are controlled this way, resulting in only a small political difference between the primary-winning Republican candidate and the primary-winning Democratic candidate. The “entertaining” debates between Republicans/conservatives and Democrats/liberals further distract voters from the huge gap between the majority of voters and the biggest campaign contributors. Details are in my book “Ending The Hidden Unfairness In U.S. Elections.”
Richard Fobes
Adrian Tawfik says
Election methods reform does have a good claim to being the most effective single change but money and politics/ballot access are contenders.