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I don't think there are five only political reform so the other four have a chance -
The realities of reform.
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As long as it takes money to win and the government can offer services for supporting constituencies - there will be great power for the moneyed interests. Public finance will have a marginal effect, the current proposals for control of soft money are mostly symbolic.
The British parliamentary system with short election cycles, public use of the airwaves, and central party control of candidates, platform, and techniques reduces the power of
cash.
No real reforms will happen without initiative - because the system can not reform itself.
Initiative can not happen with a constitutional convention called by the states. Under Article V - two thirds of the states call the convention and the amendment has to be
ratified by three fourths.
The amendment would be to add to the ways laws and amendments themselves are enacted the use of initiative and referendum. ( As it exists in many states ) Then there is
a way to true reforms and one true door for democracy to actually work. We are not now a democracy - but a limited republic.
Many do not really believe in democracy for good or bad reasons.
Balance of power and checks and balances ( designed to protect the rich minority from the more numerous poor as well as unpopular ideas from the dogmatic majority )
requires undemocratic structures ( the Supreme Court and U.S. Senate ) are all well and good if they are in fact in balance - with controlled democratic forces i.e. the will of the people - the power of the masses.
Because of the use of money and modern election technology - ( a worse case of faction or partisanship that the founders could have imagined ) the system is not in balance but way out of kilter. Money and experts can elect almost anyone vs. The peoples candidate without money or access.
fiery political rhetoric
Pretense has always been important in politics. Kings and rulers pretended to be gods,
leaders have always been a mixture of demagogy and the skill of being sneaky, artful,
CUNNING politicians. The advent of new expensive technologies of marketing has
made pretense and demagogy into a science. The use of mass media and scientific
research into the motivations of mass publics has worked.
Campaign standards of conduct are defeated by marketing methods that work.
Scientific marketing methods have become the cornerstone of political systems in the modern world. Thus the need for money - in Germany, Israel, everywhere - Get the cash, hire the experts, follow their advice and win by pretense called technique:
The act of pretending; a false appearance or action intended to deceive.
2. A false or studied show; an affectation: a pretense of caring.
3. A professed but feigned reason or excuse; a pretext: under false pretenses.
4. Something imagined or pretended.
5. Mere show without reality; outward appearance.
6. A right asserted with or without foundation; a claim. See synonyms at CLAIM.
7. The quality or state of being pretentious; ostentation.
Pretense Vs. Experience:
1. The apprehension of an object, or an emotion through the senses: the difference between an idea and an experience, between thought and feeling.
2. a. Active participation in events or activities, leading to the accumulation of knowledge or skill: a lesson taught by experience; a carpenter with experience in wall and roof repair. b. The knowledge or skill so derived.
3. a. An event or a series of events participated in or lived through. b. The totality of such events in the past of an individual or a group.
A country bigger than its? divided parts.
The art and craft of marketing is to segment the population into fragments - by income and taste, region and styles. One segment for the GAP or Old Navy - another for Target or Sacks Fifth Ave. One market for religious conservatives, economic liberals, urban, rural, educated, illiterate.
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