Democracy in the Dumpster

James A. George

Political Agility

July 17, 2018

Democratic Remedy

When Circumstances Go Disastrously Wrong

The lesson from the American democracy today is that even when the foundation is strongly rooted in a respectable Constitution, democracy is positioned to fail by a number of variables.

First, if the political system is unbiased and uncorrupted, governance is the product of the average of citizens and their intellectual capacity and abilities. That is, the mean is either strengthened or weakened by the number of citizens whose intelligence is trending higher or lower. 

Second, the nation’s education about Constitutional rights and freedoms is a product of a highly variable system whereby states set the standards for values that protect freedoms. History proves that some states abuse the civil liberties, inalienable rights and freedoms more than others. Such variance is indicative of societal weaknesses that can be exploited for political gain that is akin to bigotry and bias of all kinds.

Third, for a republic as mature as it is, the standards for political parties and elected candidates are woefully deficient and ill-defined. There is a vast gap between how commercial enterprise recruit and hire employees, how government agencies recruit and hire employees, and how citizens select and elect representatives. The latter is ridiculously flawed.

Fourth, the American Political System has been corrupted by wealthy and a corporate elite who have garnered undue power and influence. They accomplished this by buying off congress and the president. They passed laws that favor their corruption. Until or unless this is changed, the American democracy is doomed to fail completely. Under the current President and Congress that is a certainty.

Fifth, there are inherent deficiencies in the Constitution that have permitted incumbent elected representatives to undermine the integrity of the American Political System. The remedy is to call for a new Constitutional Congress to address the flaws and correct them with amendments.