Winston Churchill once said, “Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried.” I am not un-American by any means; I’m actually very much the opposite. I bleed Red, White and Blue. This election opened my eyes to the realization that our great country is falling apart and its demise is being led by the very government that was the catalyst in its rise to greatness. You may be thinking what is so wrong with our country? The first African-American president was just sworn in and things don’t seem so bad. My proclamation is not that this country has major problems, but that it has outlived its form of government, Democracy. Democracy is dead.
What is wrong with Democracy?
According to the Webster’s dictionary Democracy is defined as, “the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group.” When the majority is represented by people like this:
it is easy to understand why democracy is no longer an acceptable form of government. During the creation of this country when Democracy was chosen as the appropriate form of government the average citizen was actively engaged in politics, philosophy, and had altruistic tendencies. In comparison, the average voter today is poorly educated and only cares for himself/herself and when this occurs the fine thread snaps that prevents Democracy from plummeting to its death. Winston Churchill also recognized this when he said, "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."
The Guiding Voice:
What if you were to go to the doctor’s office and to be given your examination and diagnosis by a lady in a wet suit with a sea world logo on her chest? Obviously this is a ridiculous example and you are probably thinking that I am that crazy gentleman featured in the graphic above, but there is rhyme to my reason. After one of the McCain-Obama debates I remember turning on a well respected news channel where a panel of experts had been assembled to analyze the debate. On this panel of experts sat a group of men and women decorated with honors and awards. What astounded me was that the awards and accolades of this prestigious panel were grammys, emmys, golden globes, etc. This panel, chosen to discuss a pivotal political moment, was filled with actors and other celebrities. Seriously?! How is someone who didn’t go to college, has spent the majority of their life disconnected from reality and world affairs going to properly analyze and discuss what is needed in America?!
I would love to have been able to hear Thomas Paine discuss his pamphlet ‘Common Sense’ in the town square or have been present at the Lincoln-Douglas debates and hear the heated moral deliberations that ensued by the politically-charged attendees. Instead I’m forced to get my political enlightenment from a group of menopausal women on daytime television.
It is a sad world we live in where our voters are being educated on the issues by people that clearly have no understanding of what is truly important. I completely understand that the environment is an issue that must be discussed as it pertains to the happiness and well being of our posterity, but what good would a healthy earth do for a posterity that is wiped out! Maybe we should focus on the economy that is in shambles, or a healthcare system that does as much good as 2-legged mule with Parkinson’s (no offense meant towards any 2-legged mules suffering from Parkinson’s, my deepest sympathy goes out to all of you).
What am I really saying:
We are in a situation with the blind leading the blind… also known as Mob rule. We are ruled by a mob of uneducated and selfish people that will never be satisfied. The leaders who are elected by this mob continue to feed the fire of demise that is engulfing my beloved country by bending to the insatiable conflicting banter from the mob that is ever-changing.
What should be done:
I don’t have the perfect answer, but one solution that I present for consideration is a weighted voting system. People with greater education and a higher level of accomplishments (in relation to political sciences or relevant issues) would be given higher weights. For example, people with high IQs and heavily decorated in the education sector’s votes would be weighted much more heavily than someone who has a very low IQ and very little exposure to education.
In order to establish this system a task force will be created to devote the next 5 years to study the system and develop how the weighted system will implemented. After it is effected a watch dog agency will be established to ensure that the system benefits the greatest amount of people and that it is constantly being updated and improved, it will essentially be a watchdog agency to protect this country from turning into a upper-class benefitting Oligarchy. If we don’t change now we will only destroy ourselves.
“There is no other pill to take So swallow the one That made you ill”
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