I'm not saying that everything is getting worse, teribus. It's not. I am merely saying that there are serious discernable flaws in the system, and people should not be complacent.

It is possible for a democratically elected government to behave as a de facto dictatorship...until the moment of the next election...if they choose to. And they do. I've seen it, and I am seeing it.

There is nothing the public can do to stop a majority government from passing whatever legislation it wants to, and betraying whatever promise it made when seeking that majority. I don't call that real democracy...I call it a velvet dictatorship. Many, many people are not voting simply because they realize (either instinctively or consciously) what is going on. They've been disempowered from the top. They have no confidence any longer in their vote achieving anything useful whatsoever.

- LH