@lillycoyote ” Americans don’t want to hear the truth. The American electorate has, in it’s power, an antidote for the influence of big money and that is to be less apathetic and more informed and to choose for themselves.” There are a couple problems with the above statement. First, if there is a large amount of noise, lies, and exaggeration, the average American doesn’t have the time or inclination to separate truth from chaff. Secondly, less than half of the electorate actually votes, even in presidential years.
There are many reasons that Americans don’t participate in the democratic process. The first reason is apathy caused by the deliberate lack of truly innovative candidates. Both parties cherry pick to insure that their candidates toe the party line. Secondly, most people get their new from television networks and the more they listen to them, especially Fox, the less they actually know about issues. Third, both parties make it hard to vote. Election Day is always a work day and it is very difficult for those of us that still have jobs to get to the polling places. The conservatives in about 35 states have made it even more difficult requiring special photo I.D. to exercise their right to vote. These rules were put in place to cure a virtually non-existent “voter fraud” problem. In truth conservatives know that the fewer people that vote, the better their chances are to win.