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The Death of American Democracy

Posted: October 31, 2012

The grand experiment of self-rule, democratized government has ground to a screeching halt like an engine piston with no oil. Democrat? Republican? Green? Bull Moose? Doesn’t matter. We’re collectively screwed and it is because the ultimate power, the vote, no longer matters, because our electoral process is broken. We’ll never have another great president. No more Lincoln. No more Washington.  And there are a myriad of reasons that the current election system de-selects the most talented people from running, winning their primary, and ultimately winning the electoral college. [Continue Reading]