Scientists prove: US is oligarchy, not democracy

[bonzobanana]

SamuelRSmith said:

bonzobanana said:
I'm not sure what you would call the UK.

We have a house of commons is a democracy properly elected and most MPs consult with their constituents of any wealth level. However then you have the house of lords who are not elected who do get to veto some house of commons decisions which is undemocratic. Our supreme ambassador is a monarch and many of our laws and economic controls are made in mainland Europe.

It's not what I would call a proper democracy but I look around the world and I don't really see anything much better sadly. The house of lords must go though, it is completely wrong in the modern age.

The candidates for your local election are picked by the party donors. For Labour, primarily the large national unions. For Conservatives, primarily other special interests in finance, defense, and other corporate lobbyists.

You get to choose from candidates who have been selected for you.

The year before last I actually asked Michael Fallon why the Conservatives don't move to an open primary system for selecting candidates for election, his response was quite simple: "We have to give the donors something for their money".

 

That's the party system for you. Perhaps we would be better off with individual people who feel they have something to contribute coming forward and banning parties altogether.  I wonder if people were presented with 30 candidates lets say all with different skills, experience and opinions we would be able to select the correct candidate best for the country. I would always vote for the candidate that i think is most skilled to be a MP and do a good job for the people but you can see from experience that often people just vote for who they most relate to or who makes the most promises for the future and they may even fulfill those promises but only at huge levels of national debt because they have spent far more than the country can afford.