In Western Society, labor-oriented interests (whom the Congressional Democrats are supposedly representing) never truly ever get controlling power over their nation's destiny. Why not? because...
The economic elite exercise an operating control over the economy, the media, the legal profession, the military, the secret services, as well as the majority of congressmen to whom they provide campaign funding, no matter which party is in power.
Of course getting control means more than just winning a Presidential election, because the elite are as capable of using a Democratic president as a pawn for their purposes. The previous discussion of the Trilateral Commission under the topic of The Covert Takeover of America should have left no doubt about that. The infiltration by elected and appointed members of the government who swear allegiance to the Trilateral Commission makes it increasingly irrelevant which major party is seen to be in power at any given time.
Elections serve two main purposes. For the Republicans and Democrats alike, it is a time of arranging future rewards for the lower echelon business communities in return for their support. Secondly, they are festive events to cleverly create a happy atmosphere in which to reinforce the illusion that America functions as a democracy.
It is at least theoretically possible for labor oriented interests to "get
control" of the government, but important changes would be
required first. Legislation would have to be introduced to
eliminate the campaign support dependency of candidates and to
cut the ties between politicians and the media. Without
doing both of these, the job cannot be accomplished.
The level to which the elite have succeeded in their control of
both politics and the public mind, is attested to by the fact
that few people see anything wrong with a political democracy
that would elect as President, a Hollywood actor who made a career
of memorizing scripts and parroting them back, ...followed by
the ex-head of a secret service.
When George Orwell wrote "1984", it was the elite who took the most notes.
As long as big money effectively determines how the country is run, and even who rules the country, democracy will exist in name only. Through their influence over both the elected and appointed politicians, the low profile economic elite quietly dictate new policy and legislation that support their national and international business ventures. The Trilateral Commission provides a clear and excellent example of how such control is exercised. Members of the elite make international deals such as loans and economic co-ventures with the elite of 2nd and 3rd World countries like South Africa, Panama, El Salvador, etc., and then manipulate the people's representatives into adopting foreign policy that supports and protects their interests. The ethical and moral reputation of the American people is compromised when the deals involve the world's dictators and human right's violators.
Increasingly, the tail is wagging the dog.
International foreign policy is being shaped in response to lobbying by the multinational corporate body. Government has taken on the role of acting as an extension of the legal department of the corporate world. As well as successfully maneuvering it's members directly into powerful positions in the White House, the Trilateral Commission simply includes among its membership anyone whose help it needs.
The Webster's dictionary definition of Feudalism stands as a reminder for those who still think objectively:
...3: control by an entrenched minority esp. for its own benefit : social, political, or economic oligarchy.
Let there be no uncertainty about the following:
Attaining a proper democracy will require much work, and maintaining it will require even greater vigilance.
To refer to the existing hoax as Government of the people,
for the people, and by the people, ...borders on the absurd.
Let's say a country wished to elect a government of 100 elected members.
To eliminate the theatrics and monetary waste involved in current
election campaigns, and to prevent any party from requiring or
in fact being helped unfairly by contributions from the economic
elite, put all parties on an equal footing. First have each party
prepare a platform which makes clear its stand on all the key
issues of the day, and let the platforms be debated first nationally
by relevant party authorities, and then exhaustively in local
public forums.
A fund of money from taxes would be set aside for
televised interparty debates concerning the merits and flaws of
each others platform planks. At party election time, have the
party's previous contributions to society posted for all to see.
Make each political party prepare a written platform that if elected
will stand as a matter of record.
Then at each polling booth let the people initially vote for a PARTY (and its platform), ...instead of for a candidate. After a party is chosen by the most per capita votes in the country, the respective number of members of each party are determined by the relative ratio of total votes received. By electing a party by the number of per capita votes, the abuse of gerrymandering would be eliminated.
Let money from taxes, necessary to elect the 100 candidates, be then divided among the winning parties accordingly, to cover the cost of electing their members. The respective parties would then hold elections to field the appropriate number of candidates nationally. In other words, if one party received ten percent of the country vote, then that party had the right to elect it's ten candidates. Only those who had originally registered as voting members of that particular party would then be eligible to vote in the secondary "candidate" elections.
At CANDIDATE election time, have the candidates' previous contributions to the community, be posted for all to see. Make each political candidate prepare a written statement regarding his stand on the key issues of the day. If elected it would stand as a matter of record. Then each party would elect their representatives.
Once in power, the incoming party then has the right, not the obligation to replace ministers holding portfolios.
Ensure that a minister only holds a portfolio for which he has special qualifications and training.
Elected politicians should be considered ineligible unless they have a history of community service as opposed to economic self- service. This should be just as mandatory a condition for the unelected appointees.
Slowly elevate the role of elected official to a position of honor and respect by making the penalties socially devastating for serious abuse of public trust. Influencing peddling, at least 10 years.
Serious abuses of public trust by a President or Attorney General should carry a 10 year minimum sentence, not merely impeachment. Let's get rid of the Divine Right of Kings once and for all.
Strip a convicted elected official of his special pension rights.
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And last but not least, it may come as a shock to some Americans, but:
In a real DEMOCRACY, its leader would not be able to veto the wishes of the elected majority.
The scandalous hoax being perpetrated on the American people by a mere handful of their most cunning, and I might add most respected citizens, is of epic proportions. So, before we go any further it would be beneficial to expose the hoax that makes all other hoaxes possible, ...Manipulation Of The Mass Media.
{B139} "The seduction of Senator Alan Cranston" BusinessWeek (Dec 4 1989): p82