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THE
NEXT PUSH TO EMPOWER “WE THE PEOPLE”.
Modernizing Elections – and
idea whose time has come
Most Americans were shocked and angry to discover that
their votes did not decide primary elections.
In both major political parties “delegates” are selected to attend a
convention and they vote for the candidate of their choice. Frequently these delegates are influenced by
the political establishment of their party and they do not always choose the
candidate who had the most votes in the primary election.
Americans may not have been aware of this corruption at
the primary level but It wouldn’t take a Mensa member to suspect what was
happening. Think about it a minute; we
elect and send our representatives to Congress and once they move to DC they no
longer do the bidding of those who elected them.
Representative forms of government are all subject to
this type of corruption. My church is
another example. The national
denomination is attended by elected “delegates”. But the power structure within the church has
been hijacked by left wing activists. So
when the delegates arrive they are sent to “workshops” (dare I say “reeducation
propaganda pressure groups?) to influence their vote. Our national denomination now supports gay
marriage, gay clergy, boycott of Israel, and gun control. If there were a method of allowing the
members of our churches to vote directly, none of these issues would prevail.
In the political arena newly elected representatives
frequently are idealistic enough that they still think they should represent
those who elected them. The party
leaders and the committee chairmen realize that “doing the will of the people”
would weaken if not destroy the elite power structure that is firmly in place. By the time these newcomers first term is over
they have become part o the “good ole boys network, or the party bosses will
make sure they are not reelected.
So be it a political party, a union, a church, or any
other organization that establishes policy using elected delegates or
representatives you can be sure that the establishment power brokers are who is
really making the decision. If you
participate in any organization that uses “delegates” or “representatives” to
make policy decisions you have been disenfranchised. See “Mr. Smith Goes to
Washington” http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031679/
We have all been disenfranchised.
Of course it turned out this way. When our institutions were created it was at
least a three day horseback ride to the state capital. By 1860 The fastest mail delivery was the Pony Express, who could get letters from St. Joseph, Mo.,
to Sacramento, Calif., in 10 days. After 18 months, however, the Pony Express
ceased to exist when the complicated operation became too expensive. By 1861, however, Western Union had laid the
first transcontinental telegraph line, making it the first nationwide telegraph
company.
Theoretically, by the end of the 19th century the
establishment power structure could have begun to be deconstructed. Local elected leaders could have held town
hall meetings in every community and voted by telegraph thereby eliminating the
clustering of power in one place.
Needless to say the ensconced power brokers in centralized locations
weren’t about to help that solution to be applied.
The Canton style of
government in Switzerland is a good example of how it should be done if we want
a stable political foundation and personal freedom. The 26 cantons of
Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton
was a fully sovereign state with its own border controls, army and
currency. Public meetings and personal votes by individual citizens still
establish legislation and policy. Unlike many other nations, Switzerland is not
on the brink of national disaster.
By now many of my readers
have begun to see where I am going with this article. The clustering of power in “capital cities”
creates an environment where corruption can be expected. However, with the advent of the Internet we
no longer need centers of political power.
It is now technologically possible to empower citizens to vote directly
on issues and there is no longer a need for representatives to gather together
in a cluster of influence and power and our government can truly become “of the people, by the people, and for the
people”,
Legislative, Judicial and Executive are the
three institutions of government that are provided for by our
constriction. The trunk that makes those
branches possible is the citizens. It is
the power of the citizens (the trunk) that is missing from the plan of our
founding fathers because it was not possible to give the citizens access to the
power of voting directly in the 18th century.
What would a reasonable,
rational plan to make the citizens the “trunk” of government look like?
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