Authoritarianism and American politics

[Marypoza]

(01-23-2017, 03:12 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote:

(01-21-2017, 11:56 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(01-20-2017, 03:45 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote:

(01-20-2017, 03:40 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(01-20-2017, 02:27 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: Because public power is held by a monopoly:  the government can be as unreasonable as it wants, and the individual can do nothing about it.

Private power is normally held by competing providers; if one provider is unreasonable, the individual can switch to a different provider.

Not if the providers are in a virtual monopoly; choices are limited. The individual can do nothing about the decisions of the owners, and (s)he has no voice and no vote. In the government, the public is the boss and the people have a voice and a vote. The major task is to make sure government is controlled by the people, and not the bosses. If this is done, then the government's only boss is the people. It belongs to them. And only the public institutions can regulate them. Without that regulation, they are ruthless and care only about themselves. Private power unhinged oppresses workers with low wages and unhealthy working conditions. It poisons the environment. It rips off consumers with absolute impunity. It speculates, buys out, concentrates, outsources and destroys the economy. It buys the government. These facts are not disputable. Ignoring them is inexcusable.

Ban all private campaign financing, consider any candidate who accepts foreign money to be committing treason.

In other words, elect Trump!

The opposite. No Russian money, no NRA money, etc, etc.

Only tax payer funded candidates allowed.

-- iow elect Bernie. But we all saw what happened to him