Is this about Canada or the US? Either way, you can either defend and demand for the democracy, or give up and stop claiming democracy altogether. This is a problem with democracies everywhere. I don't know about you, but I'm not too enthusiastic about a future that resembles the dark ages.
What say does the average poor person in your town have? To endorse someone they cant control? To choose from amongst the few candidates that the big interests have developed and then cross their fingers??
Letting individuals control production creates a divided society, one of workers and one of owners.
Where one has unequal leverage over the other but are supposed to (on paper) exist on the same democratic level.
Mom and pop shops may come your mind, or someone who owns a franchise or small business, the truth is that even small business owners are nearly wholly beholden to large capital and huge finance capital.
What say does a walmart employee have compared to the owners of walmart?
While you were learning about what the hell the electoral college is, some others were being trained on how to lobby effectively.
Mass democracy threatens the status quo almost entirely.
There does not exist a party for the people. And if it were to exist it would be outlawed and threatened like they have been in the past.
Would you suppress a peoples party if you had billions on the line?
