To be part of the democratic nominee debates a candidate has to have at least 1% of the vote in 3 national polls prior to the debate. Biden, who hasn't even declared he is running, has been on national polls for a while so if he declares the day before the debate he can still participate.
Larry Lessig, a Harvard professor, declared his candidacy at the beginning of September, running on a platform of election and campaign finance reform. However, national polls aren't including him, making it impossible for him to meet the requirements to be part of the debate.
You've got legislators picking their voters instead of voters picking their legislators via gerrymandering and tinkering with voting laws.
You've got manipulated polling, constant intentional misinformation, fake scandals and reporting on trivial crap instead of the issues.
You've got media giving candidates different levels of coverage and framing that coverage differently depending on the candidate. Candidate A is covered 4x more than candidate B and even coverage of candidate B is in reference to their chances against candidate A rather than the issues. Candidate C is dismissed entirely as unelectable.
You've got the Princeton study showing we live in an oligarchy
http://ift.tt/1jb9RKY
There are plenty of other examples but I'll let others add them if they wish.
While we still have a vote, there are so many systems in place to manipulate everything surrounding the election process that the oligarchy pretty much always gets what it wants.
So are we still a real democracy (lets not get hung up on democracy vs republic) or is it accurate to now call ourselves an oligarchy?
Larry Lessig, a Harvard professor, declared his candidacy at the beginning of September, running on a platform of election and campaign finance reform. However, national polls aren't including him, making it impossible for him to meet the requirements to be part of the debate.
You've got legislators picking their voters instead of voters picking their legislators via gerrymandering and tinkering with voting laws.
You've got manipulated polling, constant intentional misinformation, fake scandals and reporting on trivial crap instead of the issues.
You've got media giving candidates different levels of coverage and framing that coverage differently depending on the candidate. Candidate A is covered 4x more than candidate B and even coverage of candidate B is in reference to their chances against candidate A rather than the issues. Candidate C is dismissed entirely as unelectable.
You've got the Princeton study showing we live in an oligarchy
http://ift.tt/1jb9RKY
There are plenty of other examples but I'll let others add them if they wish.
While we still have a vote, there are so many systems in place to manipulate everything surrounding the election process that the oligarchy pretty much always gets what it wants.
So are we still a real democracy (lets not get hung up on democracy vs republic) or is it accurate to now call ourselves an oligarchy?
via International Skeptics Forum http://ift.tt/1VjIBl1
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