The War Against Democracy

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by MikeG22

The government doesn't need to be replaced or eliminated it just needs a few good sprays of deoxit.

How about starting with the elected class not all being wealthy individuals. The only way to be elected anymore is huge amounts of money and almost always money brings corruption and special interests.

True.

Except when we do put wealthy businessmen up to run for office some people react almost like it's the Second Coming. If you nominate someone who speaks of favoring the poor and working Americans, they call him a so(c)ialist.

There is more at work here than just direct economic influence. Some folks have been convinced that it's the wealthy businessmen who have all of the answers, which of course, involves some very anti-working class ideology. And that's the result of a very successful and long sustained propaganda campaign, IMO.

Dave