Living in a Demockery

Let's talk primaries, shall we? What could be easier to fix than the primaries? It's simple, right? Every state votes on the same day, whoever gets the most votes wins. Done. We would have more candidates to choose from and a much more level playing field. And that, my friends, is exactly why it will never be done this way.

See, that would be letting the people decide and big money will never allow that. So instead, we have the illusion that the people are voting and deciding on candidates even though everyone knows that the reality is that the people are only getting to vote for the candidates who have survived the longest. And how does a candidate go about surviving the longest? By raising the most money so that they can afford to stay in the race. So we wind up choosing between a couple of candidates who are already bought and paid for many times over. At that point, big money doesn't really care which candidate wins because either way, big money is the real winner.

Ah, democracy, where public servants are elected by the people, for the people. It was good while it lasted, if it ever really existed at all.