Democracy

"Democracy" link (political system, plastic word) Sourcewatch
Type	political
A form of government involving events called "elections", in which citizens often choose from a short list of deep state backed puppets

Democracy is form of government involving events called "elections", which claim to reflect the will of the citizens.

Official Narratives

The etymologically accurate official narrative is that these regimes represent a form of rule by the people. Historically, "democracy" used to be a term of abuse, with connotations comparable to those associated with the term "mob rule", while nowadays it is seen as a highly positive term.

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Problems

The often unspoken assumption behind the modern use of the term by commercially-controlled media is that the party politics framework provides an effective reflection of (most) people's will. In the case of the USA, this is directly contradicted by the only academic study to tackle the topic, Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens a paper from the Fall 2014 issue of the academic journal Perspectives on Politics which begins by asking "Who governs? Who really rules? To what extent is the broad body of U.S. citizens sovereign, semi-sovereign, or largely powerless?" and concludes that "Despite the seemingly strong empirical support in previous studies for theories of majoritarian democracy, our analyses suggest that majorities of the American public actually have little influence over the policies our government adopts."

Choosing the least worst?

The 2016 US election provoked strong reactions and the choice between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was widely seen as not representative of the aspirations of the US people. People worldwide appear to be waking up to the fact that whoever wins, the people themselves do not win, that, in the words of the late George Carlin, "the game is rigged".

Deep state control

Full article: Deep state

Many democracies are demonstrably controlled by deep state groups, who install puppet leaders to do their bidding. Mark Gorton has documented how the cabal exercises control over the US presidency, while the Bilderberg group has included at least 5 UK Prime Ministers to be, before they were made leaders of a political party.

Voting fraud

Full article: Voting fraud

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There is considerable evidence of vote theft by software in US elections, including peer reviewed academic papers and sworn testimony of people who coded the vote systems. However, the commercially-controlled media continues to treat the subject as a third rail topic.

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Lobbying

Full article: Lobbying

Bribery has always been a form of control over the nominally independent political apparatus. In the modern era, what is euphemistically known as "lobbying" is an increasingly transparent version of the same thing. Put simply, lobbying is to bribery as tax avoidance is to tax evasion. Most politicians belong to the monied classes, and many are multi-millionaires, allowing them scope for "lobbying".

Exclusion

Some countries prevent certain classes of people from voting, notably criminals. As of 1999, the US denied the vote to a larger proportion of its population than any other nation state.

Terror management theory

Full article: Terror management theory

Terror management theory is a branch of psychology about how fear of death can overcome reasoned judgements, and do so subliminally, without subject population even being aware of the fact. This theory has not been lost on the architects of the "war on terror" Sheldon Solomon explains that "Five weeks before the 2004 presidential election, Americans reminded of their mortality or the events of September 11, 2001, reported that they intended to vote for President George W. Bush by an almost 3:1 margin. Americans in a control condition reported that they intended to vote for Senator John Kerry by a 4:1 margin – suggesting that subtle alterations in psychological conditions can have profound effects on political preferences that could skew the outcome of close elections."

Cultural references

The Prisoner is centred on a village in which people are held prisoner with numbers instead of names. They hold elections of "number 2", who is the public face of authority, and is depicted in a technologically equipped command center which surveils the village. The unsuccessful efforts of the protagonist to discover the identity of "number 1" are a recurrent theme throughout the series.