First I'd like to commend you for your well laid out thoughts, challenges and observations. I generally only nibble at politics as I find it increasingly frustrating. I used to be a direct vote thinker, but have changed that view realizing in becomes a rule by mob. The superdelegate system is supposed to part of that check and balance you were alluding to. On the issue of rogue candidates , that description is porous. To the establishment, both camps are overrun by rogues, so there is a dichotomy there.
The conversation in the article is the reason for the rogue element. People do not trust the current establishment. They want it routed. Having said that, they have become the victims of their own political lethargy at their local government level. A valid point, those delegates are supposed to represent the will of the people, the ones who voted for those representatives. So the question is, what has changed so dramatically that those delegates no longer properly represent them.
How many times have we seen the statistics of the very low approval ratings of Congress in general, say 15%, and yet people consistently feel comfortable with the candidate THEY chose.
I'm looking at the American Progressive Era right now, seeing many similarities to our current state of affairs, and I'm afraid that what broke the cycle was a collapse of the system, heralding in a Great Depression, A Great War and reform, some good, some bad. As I see it, the greatest damage that has been done to the current system is the very skewed power of the executive branch coupled with a failed monetary policy that is reaching a breaking point. When it fails, and it will, the person sitting in the chair of the US President will have absolute authority....Executive Orders. Both Rogue candidates will use them against an opposing established and self serving ruling class. And then what do we have.
Thanks for reading and replying. Can you say more about the aspects of the Progressive Era you see reflected in current events? What cycle was broken by collapse, and what system collapsed?
http://239days.com/2012/11/30/the-collapse-of-the-progressives-1917-1920/
This link is a pretty good one. Basically, it was an era of science and progressive ideas and of the middle class trying to end corruption and make sure everyone was in the game. It also saw the beginning of the Federal Reserve, WW1, Roaring 20's and eventually the Crash of 29. This led to The Great Depression, the New Deal (which Progressives opposed) and eventually WW11.....and the New Era of the 50's 60's ,70's and 80's of American prosperity.(kind of a long Roaring 20's)...repeat cycle and rinse.
First I'd like to commend you for your well laid out thoughts, challenges and observations. I generally only nibble at politics as I find it increasingly frustrating. I used to be a direct vote thinker, but have changed that view realizing in becomes a rule by mob. The superdelegate system is supposed to part of that check and balance you were alluding to. On the issue of rogue candidates , that description is porous. To the establishment, both camps are overrun by rogues, so there is a dichotomy there.
The conversation in the article is the reason for the rogue element. People do not trust the current establishment. They want it routed. Having said that, they have become the victims of their own political lethargy at their local government level. A valid point, those delegates are supposed to represent the will of the people, the ones who voted for those representatives. So the question is, what has changed so dramatically that those delegates no longer properly represent them.
How many times have we seen the statistics of the very low approval ratings of Congress in general, say 15%, and yet people consistently feel comfortable with the candidate THEY chose.
I'm looking at the American Progressive Era right now, seeing many similarities to our current state of affairs, and I'm afraid that what broke the cycle was a collapse of the system, heralding in a Great Depression, A Great War and reform, some good, some bad. As I see it, the greatest damage that has been done to the current system is the very skewed power of the executive branch coupled with a failed monetary policy that is reaching a breaking point. When it fails, and it will, the person sitting in the chair of the US President will have absolute authority....Executive Orders. Both Rogue candidates will use them against an opposing established and self serving ruling class. And then what do we have.
Thanks for reading and replying. Can you say more about the aspects of the Progressive Era you see reflected in current events? What cycle was broken by collapse, and what system collapsed?
http://239days.com/2012/11/30/the-collapse-of-the-progressives-1917-1920/ This link is a pretty good one. Basically, it was an era of science and progressive ideas and of the middle class trying to end corruption and make sure everyone was in the game. It also saw the beginning of the Federal Reserve, WW1, Roaring 20's and eventually the Crash of 29. This led to The Great Depression, the New Deal (which Progressives opposed) and eventually WW11.....and the New Era of the 50's 60's ,70's and 80's of American prosperity.(kind of a long Roaring 20's)...repeat cycle and rinse.