November 3rd, 2020 at 5:35 AM
You bring up a very good point. Part of the problem is lobbying. Corporations pave the way for it.
This is an unpopular opinion, but as time has gone by, I've become more convinced. We truly have less "say" (or power) than we think. We have *some* say (of course), but the money is ultimately where the power lies. Those with wealth control the advertising, the marketing, and the campaigns. They therefore influence and control elections and candidates. Statistically, the better funded candidate wins 80% of the time.
And so the result is that following the money almost always leads to the source of the power. And in this case, it's usually not the citizens who have the final word. It's the wealthy, as it always is. (This is not simply a capitalistic problem. Socialist and communist countries have the same problem, except the wealthy are pre-determined and there is very little path for the people of the nation to become wealthy by their own accord.)
It's been the nature of society since the beginning of modern recorded history. There are exceptions, but the general rule hasn't changed; money and power still corrupt. And no matter the type of government, somebody always ends up with the big stick.
This is an unpopular opinion, but as time has gone by, I've become more convinced. We truly have less "say" (or power) than we think. We have *some* say (of course), but the money is ultimately where the power lies. Those with wealth control the advertising, the marketing, and the campaigns. They therefore influence and control elections and candidates. Statistically, the better funded candidate wins 80% of the time.
And so the result is that following the money almost always leads to the source of the power. And in this case, it's usually not the citizens who have the final word. It's the wealthy, as it always is. (This is not simply a capitalistic problem. Socialist and communist countries have the same problem, except the wealthy are pre-determined and there is very little path for the people of the nation to become wealthy by their own accord.)
It's been the nature of society since the beginning of modern recorded history. There are exceptions, but the general rule hasn't changed; money and power still corrupt. And no matter the type of government, somebody always ends up with the big stick.
