Friday, August 4th, 2023

Local Governments Are Blocking Ballot Initiatives at the Behest of Corporations

Author: Kai Huschke
Source: truthout
Publication Date: July 28, 2023
Link: Local Governments Are Blocking Ballot Initiatives at the Behest of Corporations

Stephan:

Yesterday I watched the non-stop commentary on the indictment of convicted rapist, con man, and abuser of women Donald Trump. If my count is right Trump will soon be indicted for 78 felonies. He is like an evil cartoon villain, and in spite of all that he is running again, and even with Joe Biden in the polls. My takeaway from all this, and what is coming, is that this is what our democracy has come to. This is what the American culture has evolved into. Kai Huschke describes good examples of how the 8 Laws of Change operate, and how this supports democracy. I am hoping many of you will volunteer to serve on election staff in your area. We really are at a crossroads as a country, and it is going to take all of us to save democracy. We must start separating corporations from control of the state by reversing Citizens United.

Voters wait in line to cast their ballot for early voting at the Franklin County Board of Elections, on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections, in Columbus, Ohio, on November 7, 2022. Credit: Paul Vernon / AFP / Getty

In 1979, the children’s educational television series Schoolhouse Rock! broadcast a now-classic episode titled “Three Ring Government” about the three branches of the U.S. government — executive, legislative and judicial.

“No one part can be more powerful than the other,” proclaimed the narrator, who explains that our system of government comes with “checks and balances” — each branch watches the other so no one becomes tyrannical.

The episode is quite entertaining, but facile. In truth our government is more like a three-ring circus — one that makes a mockery of democracy.

In reality the system of “checks and balances” guards against the power of the people.

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2 Comments

Rev. Dean on Friday, August 4, 2023 at 2:29 pm

It seems as if our country is being run by the MAFIA, not the voters!
Albus Eddie on Monday, August 7, 2023 at 9:16 am

These behaviors are a direct consequence of living in a non-representative Republic.