Related Topics: Enemies; Der Don; More Human Rights For More Human Beings
This has gotten damned ridiculous. Everywhere I look, television, Facebook, even my private email I am inundated with politicians asking me for money. But I know that my few dollars are not going to mean very much them. The other things I see all over the place are cheap slogans, hate speech, lies about the opposition and propaganda. Nowhere is there an honest debate between different visions of our nation's future. Nobody is taking the time to explain to me why electing them will enhance my human rights and create a better world for my children and grandchildren. Why is this? Because elections in America today are not about choosing the best civil servants to work for us in Washington, or the state capital, or wherever. They are about money and propaganda. Donald Trump (who may not be the brightest human being but is really good at finding and seizing dishonest opportunities) he figured this out. And he's been taking advantage of our broken electoral system in his effort to ruin our democracy. Now a couple years ago, when despite all his shenanigans, the Don actually lost an election, he tried to take over our government by violence. That didn't work, so he's gone back to taking advantage of our broken electoral system and using money and propaganda to replace our democratic system with a Trumpian dictatorship. In another, somewhat longer video called "conduct people's campaigns" I offer some analysis of the problem with our system of elections and some solutions. Basically the problem is: that candidates are always Pursuing campaign funds, Plutocracy – – the fact that large corporations and wealthy aristocrats are able to corrupt elected officials. Purchase Price of Political speech (You have to pay a lot to get your message heard) To fix this: I recommend that we forbid fast starts; (limit the time of the campaign) forcefully restore funding; (pay for it in different ways) and facilitate free forums. (have real debates between candidates) And of course it would be great if we could make that happen instantly but we can't. And we got an election coming up this year. So how do you cut through all the propaganda and hate speech? Well this year (and probably again two years from now) the choice is clear. If we want to have free and fair elections in the future we must overcome the unfair advantage which our broken electoral system gives potential dictators like Donald Trump and vote against any candidates who support that authoritarian vision for our future. No matter how much money the Don spends to spread lies on television and memes on the Internet we know his plans – – he wants to make sure that no one but himself can win any future election. And we know his ideals ----- they are anti-democratic in anti-American. So let's start this October by sending an overwhelming message that we want free and fair elections. By voting against anyone who supports the Dictatorship of the Don and the Lies about his Lost eLection. And then let's hold the next Congress responsible for fixing this broken system.