tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367161100956691682.post8108380221822374135..comments2024-01-28T09:52:30.550-08:00Comments on Arash's World: Flaws and Dangers In The Democratic SystemArash Farzanehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000344680925876563noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367161100956691682.post-14980090990539678862010-11-26T17:53:23.533-08:002010-11-26T17:53:23.533-08:001. Currently there is no such thing as a pure bill...1. Currently there is no such thing as a pure bill, so it is impossible to vote on anything. If you have a bill that supports or denies gay marriage, it will also have addendums related to renewable energy, gambling laws, etc. If you refuse to support the bill because you are against one of the addendums, your political opponents accuse you of supporting or refusing to support the original root of the bill, and even polit-fact and other fact-checking sites sometimes support the false accusation. <br /><br />2. Some people think they are fiscal republican, for example, when they are a fiscal democrat. They support what the democrats say about taxes, big government (social programs), etc., but the republicans tell them that they are against big government and without thinking what that means they say: “Yes, I do oppose big government.“ “We oppose taxes and think you should keep your money in your pocket,” the conservative says, and the democrat who does not know that he is a democrat says: “Amen, O creator of my opinion.” I have a friend who explained that he was a fiscal republican and a social democrat. I quizzed him on his position on probably a dozen issues, and except for one, he took the democratic position on every single one. He also claimed he was against big government, but was unable to name a single program where he thought the democrats should cut spending and the republicans would cut spending if given the chance. If he had to pass a basic test on what democrats and republicans think, he could not pass it. He only sees the ads put out by campaigns and knows nothing else. He is incapable or unwilling to think about either platform, and yet has extremely strong opinions about it. <br />3. Lobbyist have the ability to pressure candidates into voting certain ways or ending their careers. <br />4. Parties in power can gerrymander their way to victory in the house and senate. <br /><br />5. Parties in power can only confirm appointments like-minded judges, which will sit on the bench long after they have been voted out of office. <br />People focus on voter fraud and filibustering to show that the American political process does not work. These are real issues, but they only frustrate a fundamentally damaged process. Solve problems like these, and you will have our undemocratic democracy moving forward like a well-oiled machine. It is like having a nice kerosene lamp to illuminate us and calling its tiny flicker that leaves us in the dark, our lightened way. <br /><br />“The majority prefers beautiful lies.” They seem to prefer drama. Keith O and Bill O get better ratings than real journalist who do not act as “retained attorneys,” as Emerson put it. They call any rumor that would denigrate an opponent truth, and any rumor that does not support the integrity of their own candidates “a smear.” They attack the other party for offenses for which they defend their own party. They quickly help invent any scandal, so long as the scandal lives in the enemy’s camp. It is a game of strategy and many tools are available: Beautiful Lies, Fear, Drama. The candidate that realizes well how to create his opponent in the image he needs the people to see, will win the election. This has little to do with platform and everything to do with Media warfare. The truth is always more boring than a fanciful tale and people will always have their opinions formed by the faux journalists who give them the adrenalin rush they crave. <br /><br />Media entertainers masquerading as journalist do not deliver the truth to us because we do not seek it. While forming our opinions for us with their webs of misrepresentations, omitted data and replacing it with outright deceit, they bear in mind at all times that were they to shower us with the truth, they would not be giving us what we seek and we would not forgive them for their virtues. We do not discriminate. If a politician says what he thinks the rule truth is, and tells the whole story, Keith O, Bill O and El Rushbo may conspire to end his career. And if any of these Media Gods gives us the truth, we will certainly end theirs. <br /><br />JMysteJMystehttp://jmyste.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367161100956691682.post-60987859479491275012010-11-15T00:08:26.795-08:002010-11-15T00:08:26.795-08:00Very concise perspective. But to remove the ineff...Very concise perspective. But to remove the inefficacies from the system, one would have to teach individualism and accountability, something your prior post mentions.<br /><br />People infuriate me. Staggeringly so. But we have to leave the ignorant to their own devices to preserve our moral fidelity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367161100956691682.post-26520606454081172122010-11-08T20:51:53.951-08:002010-11-08T20:51:53.951-08:00Thank you, Francis! This quote sums it up perfectl...Thank you, Francis! This quote sums it up perfectly!Arash Farzanehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000344680925876563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367161100956691682.post-20608676474998255012010-11-08T01:18:50.825-08:002010-11-08T01:18:50.825-08:00"Democracy is the worst form of government, e..."Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." (Winston Churchill, 1947)Francis Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422476000328664994noreply@blogger.com