By Michael Smith (Veshengro)
It more than likely is and we must remember that Hitler was elected in a democratic election and by popular vote.
Democracy does not equal immediately and always Freedom, despite the fact that those two words seems to be always mentioned in almost the same breath.
Despite all the claims democracy, aside from, theoretically, being “mob rule”, doe not exist.
The USA, basically, elects a king by all but name, in a process similar to that of electing a Pope in the Roma Catholic Church, via a conclave in all but name, who could, should he choose to, rule by decree via executive order(s).
Does your vote in the presidential election in the USA make any difference? The answer is no, for you do not elect the POTUS. The electoral college does and they do not have to take any notice, in principle, theory and practice, of the results of the votes cast in any of the States of the Union.
In a local council election for a parish council or such your vote may count and, in fact, does, more or less, but in a much larger ballot it hardly matters and in addition to that the people do not elect the government either, not in the USA, not in Britain and neither in places such as Germany or France.
The USA claims to have a government of the people, by the people, for the people but I would suggest that that is not so in any way, shape or form, and neither does Britain nor the majority of other counties. Ordinary people find it hard to get into politics if they do not have the money to run the expensive campaigns, even on a local level. That's it in a nutshell.
So-called democracy is but a pretence to keep the plebes quiet, that is all.
© 2011
