Representative Democracy IS NOT Democracy

"In 93 percent of House of Representatives races and 94 percent of Senate races that had been decided by mid-day Nov. 5, the candidate who spent the most money ended up winning..." Just soak that up for the time being.




Please dont leave stupid comments like, "democracy is the dictatorship of the majority." I'll address this issue in my next video. Also, don't assume what my positions is and then argue that position.

Sources

House and Senate Personal finances
http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/index.php

Candidate with the most money wins.
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/11/money-wins-white-house-and.html

Number of Lobbyist and how much they spend.
http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/index.php

TARP Bailout.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30113628/

Return on Lobbying.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1375082

Campaign Bundlers.
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2009/08/obamas-elevates-three-more-big.html
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2009/09/major-obama-campaign-bundlers.html

Political Scandals.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_scandals_of_the_United_States

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[nightcrowred]

I agree with this about on a scale 5/10.. I Think that a represenitive democracy is required however, I believe it should be done ALOT differently then the current system we have now. Not in favor of any corprate favor. Good video though, I gave it 5 stars.

[TheLeftLibertarian]

My video Direct Democracy is what I would replace Representative Democracy with. Thanks for the comment.

[Renegen1]

Interesting idea... what do you have to say about the fact that not all representative democracies are the same? You hit the nail on the head with the one person one vote, that is the key issue, but we DONT have it because of the influence of money. One Corporation can buy thousands of votes.

But look at Canada. Our politicians are typically more from within our population and we seem to have a stronger political system. Overall you can't generalize like that, it shows a lack of knowledge.

[TheLeftLibertarian]

@Renegen1: I agree that not all representative democracies are the same and I was using the US just as an example. However, I think R. Democracy uses a middleman where one is not needed. I think many of my points can be universalized into all systems of R Democracy. I think if you follow the idea of what democracy is and what it is suppose to do, then you would prefer something like Participatory Democracy. I think that the Canadian system is better because it get closer to the democratic ideal.

[canaan1967]

"Our system of voting takes ordinary people and turns them into immoral politicians"

I disagree with this statement. These people are not ordinary. They come from privileged, elitist backgrounds. I believe they know how corrupt the system is from the get go. It's not that they don't like lying and pretending but that they have no aversion to it.

[rycka1983]

I would like to point out, that if ordinary peole would not vote for politicians who spent most money, system would not work. So we are to blame too.

[d3ltadrive]

@chris7777777777777 A libertarian government does. A government that is truly for the people will allow people to do whatever the hell they want as long as they aren't infringing upon the liberty or safety of others. Government is only for creating order through law, and we need libertarian law. The federal government is only for protecting the constitution and the running of the militia, the states and towns are the ones to create law.

[d3ltadrive]

@canaan1967 The only normal people to go into politics (Ron and Rand Paul) are the 2 least corrupt people on this planet today. Someone who actually has values won't be corrupted, but if they are raised by elites they will be corrupt. We don't even have democracy at all. We have fake elections and a tyranny by the fed, IRS (part of the IMF, gives tax money directly to the fed who loans it to the gov which creates debt) and we are led by a very small number of people who own the media as well.

[d3ltadrive]

(cont) to have a voice in politics, but so that it is not anarchy. We need people to actually petition and be active in government, but we need representation so that anarchy does not unfold, because that always results in tyranny. We need people a nonpartisan election so people actually vote for who they think would represent them best, and we need to make the federal government only protect the constitution. We need to respect the states and towns rights to create laws.

[d3ltadrive]

We need direct representation (we vote for people to represent us in a non partisan elections, instead of if 60% vote for one guy, 30% for another, and 10% for another the first guy gets the seat, the first guy's vote counts for 6/10ths, the second guy 3/10ths, and the third guy 1/10ths), and we need to get government back to a local level where people can petition. Our government has representative because direct always creates anarchy and later tyranny. Petitioning was made so we can continue

[Melotha]

Typical ignorant response of someone who doesn't quite understand the principles our government was founded upon.

[MyThoughtsonGov]

Just wrote an article about money winning campaigns in my "My Thoughts on the Government" Blog. The article is entitled "Is Our Country Ran on Democracry or Moneyocracy" Check it out if you would like:

mythoughtsonthegovernment.blog­spot.com

[chris7777777777777]

The illusion that a direct democracy allows the voices of all people to be heard is utter bullshit! How the fuck is any form of government suppose to bend at the will of all our views and opinions, it barely has time to conduct everyday business, let alone listen to 300 million opinions about how something should be done?

[JRBeaman]

We are a Constitutional Republic, not a Democracy.

watch?v=Z184mJN8CUI

Democracy is mob rule. (Like gang-rape)

Our founding fathers loathed it.

Do your homework on this and then tell me why "they" call us a democracy.

The word "democracy" is not contained in any of our founding documents.

We are NOT a democracy, nor a "true democracy".

Sorry.

[yaann]

@TheLeftLibertarian Yes I believe you are correct about many of your points being valid for other representative-democracy countries. In France our choice is really limited to two parties as well (the media always ridicule/ignore the other parties). The candidates are power-hungry and money-thursty (ie corruptible) and most questions regarded as essential by my fellow countrymen are never disscussed by the politicians. Representative democracy seems to select the worst possible leaders.