Bad for Democracy: How the Presidency Undermines the Power of the People »

Posted By populist 1 year, 4 months ago in News
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We confuse our ability to engage in a ritualized affair - where we cast a single vote that infinitesimally affects the outcome of a Presidential Election - with the operations of a functioning democracy. This illusion is propagated by the growing authoritarianism of the Presidency - which reinforces the prejudice that voting in Presidential Elections somehow epitomizes democratic civic engagement.

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    Perhaps we should be given ballots to determine which lobby to vote for...

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