Good Evening, Peter
I think I've covered the primary points in your post. Have I overlooked
anything? Can we use any of the material that has been expressed on
this thread to conceive a democratic electoral process?
Political systems are always an embodiment of human nature. Until we
learn to harness our own nature, we can improve neither our politics nor
our society. In the U. S., there is no Constitutional bar to devising a
more democratic process; the only impediment is ourselves. Since we can
not divorce our political institutions from our own nature, we must make
virtue a desirable attribute in those who seek political advancement.
That may be difficult ... but it is not impossible. The question is,
"How can we get started?"
Fred
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