Electile Dysfunction redux
A pagan/political listserv I am on had a thread about doing some magic to ensure that the November Presidential erections are "fair and honest." This is my response:This is an interesting idea, however I have some meta-concerns about it. Put simply: I believe a fair and honest election is impossible at this juncture.I actually laughed out loud a few times when I wrote this. I particularly liked the "neurotic servant of corporate greed" vs "sociopathic servant of corporate greed" line."Tweedle Dumb or Tweedle Dumber" -- or more accurately, "Tweedle Neurotic Servant Of Corporate Greed or Tweedle Sociopathic Servant Of Corporate Greed" -- is hardly fair, no matter how votes are counted, no matter how many people with brown skin are disenfranchised, no matter how many Supreme Court justices decide who should be president.
The two party system is nothing but a smokescreen, a way to placate the American people into believing that their vote is somehow meaningful. "I live in America, where I'm free to choose Coke OR Pepsi!" I'm here to say: cola sucks, rots your teeth, and has no nutritional value whatsoever. They may as well return to putting cocaine into it.
As far as honesty goes, who knows. I myself am suspicious that Florida 2000 is the first example of election rigging. It's just the first one that was close enough that everyone paid attention.
Don't mean to be overly pessimistic here, but this system is broken. If we are going to do magic to improve the American political situation, the we should start at the base and fix the problem, not merely pull the wool back over people's eyes into thinking that votes between a Rep and a Dem will make any substantial difference.
This system is broken, and needs to be replaced.
posted by JWL at
3:18 PM |
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