Is U.S. Democracy a true Democracy? Does public voice really matter?
It is time to ponder and ask if the public voice really matter in the election of public officials in this great country. Can U.S. democracy passes the test of a true democracy—government of the people, by the people, and for the people? As the definition dictates, a true democracy is one that places the power to elect public officials in the hand of the citizen not in the hand of a group of few people that called themselves series of names.
It is hard to find a true democracy anywhere in the world today. The corrupt interests of elected officials have ripped out the heart of a true democracy all over the world, U.S. included. However, as the leader of the world and democracy pacesetter, the importance of practicing a true democracy here in U.S. cannot be overemphasized. We owe it to the world and to the citizen of this greatest nation on earth.
Democratic power in the hand of few is a recipe for political corruption and it kills citizen political interest as well as their voting interest. A pure democratic process should be simple and clear NOT complicated and confusing. At this time I personally believe the U.S. democratic process is extremely complicated and confusing. Consequently our political system has given birth to modernized political corruption in which few groups with extraordinary political resources (Money) crush the people voice and take advantage of the corrupted political system to promote their selfish interests.
In a true democracy, why do we need super delegates? Is a political system that assign highest number of delegates to candidate with lower public votes an epitome of true democracy? Then many of us wonder why public turn out during election period is always low. The U.S. current corrupt democratic process is very discouraging. It is really annoying to realize that public votes have little or no effect on selection of the delegates and ultimately the final candidate for our political offices. The public perseverance in going through the rigorous election boot processes to cast their vote deserves an outcome that is consistent with the public vote.
Today, candidate electability is no longer based on candidate qualifications or public opinion, it’s now based on political establishment decision and choice which has and will always favor those who can support and promote the political establishment agenda. Our elected officials now fight for the interest of those who have the resources to enrich their pocket or sponsor their re-election. The issue facing the public who elect them into the office seems to be none of their concern. Thanks for the public awakening and desire to fight for our right. The public sent a political awakening message to Washington in 2008 and 2012 with the election and re-election of President Barrack Obama in spite of all road blocks against his election. While we still have a tough fight ahead of us, I strongly believe the public is heading in the right direction. It might be worse before it get better, but for those elected politicians who do not pay keen attention to the public frustration with our political process and political corruption in Washington, I believe their days in the office are numbered. Voting corrupted public official out of office is the best way to combat our elected officials’ corruption.
The emergence of Donald Trump is another message from the public, yet the Republican establishment seems not to get the message. While they have tagged Ted Cruz as a political “poison”, they now chose to throw their support behind him in a bid to shutdown Donald Trump and protect their corrupt political agenda. Can the public decide who their leader should be or are we now in an era when the so called political establishment makes the choice for us? While Donald Trump might not be the right choice for some republicans, but many believed electing him will send strong wave of message on public frustration with our corrupted political process to Washington.
Without the corrupted entities in our political system, I do personally believe that we have the greatest democratic system in the world. Public interest should focus on fighting to crush and eliminate those corrupted entities. Every candidate deserves a plane field while contesting for a political office and the citizen deserve the right to choose our leaders based on issues, candidate qualifications, and public interest. I personally believe that the public will eventually crush the corrupted political machinery of our political party establishments and our democracy shall be rescued from the prison of the corrupted political establishment and deliver back to the hand of the public.
It is time to ponder and ask if the public voice really matter in the election of public officials in this great country. Can U.S. democracy passes the test of a true democracy—government of the people, by the people, and for the people? As the definition dictates, a true democracy is one that places the power to elect public officials in the hand of the citizen not in the hand of a group of few people that called themselves series of names.
It is hard to find a true democracy anywhere in the world today. The corrupt interests of elected officials have ripped out the heart of a true democracy all over the world, U.S. included. However, as the leader of the world and democracy pacesetter, the importance of practicing a true democracy here in U.S. cannot be overemphasized. We owe it to the world and to the citizen of this greatest nation on earth.
Democratic power in the hand of few is a recipe for political corruption and it kills citizen political interest as well as their voting interest. A pure democratic process should be simple and clear NOT complicated and confusing. At this time I personally believe the U.S. democratic process is extremely complicated and confusing. Consequently our political system has given birth to modernized political corruption in which few groups with extraordinary political resources (Money) crush the people voice and take advantage of the corrupted political system to promote their selfish interests.
In a true democracy, why do we need super delegates? Is a political system that assign highest number of delegates to candidate with lower public votes an epitome of true democracy? Then many of us wonder why public turn out during election period is always low. The U.S. current corrupt democratic process is very discouraging. It is really annoying to realize that public votes have little or no effect on selection of the delegates and ultimately the final candidate for our political offices. The public perseverance in going through the rigorous election boot processes to cast their vote deserves an outcome that is consistent with the public vote.
Today, candidate electability is no longer based on candidate qualifications or public opinion, it’s now based on political establishment decision and choice which has and will always favor those who can support and promote the political establishment agenda. Our elected officials now fight for the interest of those who have the resources to enrich their pocket or sponsor their re-election. The issue facing the public who elect them into the office seems to be none of their concern. Thanks for the public awakening and desire to fight for our right. The public sent a political awakening message to Washington in 2008 and 2012 with the election and re-election of President Barrack Obama in spite of all road blocks against his election. While we still have a tough fight ahead of us, I strongly believe the public is heading in the right direction. It might be worse before it get better, but for those elected politicians who do not pay keen attention to the public frustration with our political process and political corruption in Washington, I believe their days in the office are numbered. Voting corrupted public official out of office is the best way to combat our elected officials’ corruption.
The emergence of Donald Trump is another message from the public, yet the Republican establishment seems not to get the message. While they have tagged Ted Cruz as a political “poison”, they now chose to throw their support behind him in a bid to shutdown Donald Trump and protect their corrupt political agenda. Can the public decide who their leader should be or are we now in an era when the so called political establishment makes the choice for us? While Donald Trump might not be the right choice for some republicans, but many believed electing him will send strong wave of message on public frustration with our corrupted political process to Washington.
Without the corrupted entities in our political system, I do personally believe that we have the greatest democratic system in the world. Public interest should focus on fighting to crush and eliminate those corrupted entities. Every candidate deserves a plane field while contesting for a political office and the citizen deserve the right to choose our leaders based on issues, candidate qualifications, and public interest. I personally believe that the public will eventually crush the corrupted political machinery of our political party establishments and our democracy shall be rescued from the prison of the corrupted political establishment and deliver back to the hand of the public.
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