Reply #15: You're assuming that the "big heads" would want this strategy... [View All]

[IrateCitizen]

They don't. It's not because it's a losing strategy, but because it would inevitably drift toward the repeal of unfettered corporate rule.

We don't live in a country of Jeffersonian democracy anymore. For all his faults, Jefferson was a visionary when it came to the ideas of civic involvement. He believed that in order for the country to live up to its ideals, it must pursue a truly egalitarian spirit -- which would ensure that the citizenry consume their time with debate over the issues of the day and civic involvement. Failure to pursue this egalitarian path would result in a society in which the citizenry concerned themselves more with the acquisition of material possessions than with the pursuit of ideas.

The latter was the Federalist vision, and although the Federalists met a rapid demise, their vision for the country has come true and the Jeffersonian vision has diminished.

Both major parties in this country are controlled by, and work for, the elite of the nation. Bush was just being honest when he said at that dinner, "... the haves and the have-mores. Some people call you the elite. I call you my base." The sad fact is that the "haves and have-mores" represent the base of BOTH political parties, despite both our and their efforts to deny it.

The only way that this will change is if either an ascendant third party arises to challenge the elite duopoly controlling our political process (not likely), or if the machinery of one of the major parties is wrested from the clutches of the "elites" and transformed into a true party of the people. Either way, it's an uphill fight.