amerika, 3 months ago

@cjd

I take democracy at face value. The vote determines who has power.

There are modifiers:

1. Everything is funded and every group has lobbyists warring it out.
2. Business is upstream of politics.
3. Votes are frequently bought through Tammany Hall tactics.
4. Everyone votes with their ethnic and sexual interests.
5. The real conspiracy is that there is no conspiracy, but there's no plan either!