A modern economy does not have one round of divide-and-conquer first, but we do.
One round of domination is hidden inside our voting system.
It is very easy to see. We have majority rule compounded by majority rule. It means the elite makes all the decisions.
If 60 percent of the voters in a district pick the winners, and when 60 percent of all winners make a decision, then that decision is based on 36 percent of the voters.
You see, we have one round of divide-and-conquer and that means one group benefits while another group cannot express itself.
In a modern economy, we would have some level of Proportional Voting. We don't have that.
https://fred-rick.medium.com/why-is-district-voting-so-bad-2e30155cad2e
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The worst part of our voting system is that no one recognizes the error, you do not either, Stuart. It is hidden in plain sight and trying to get to the middle of the problems we see, we always cross the street, time and time again.
We work with information based on the voting error and we end up pointing at the source we think causes our problems, but in reality it is the symptom and not the source.
Your pointing to capitalism is like saying the cat did it, because the cat is indeed fat and undesired.
We can change the voting system in one spot, today, because the Founding Fathers did not include cities and counties in the US Constitution. Cities must follow the Bill of Rights and cannot segregate people in districts first and then declare them each other's equals. That system hurts the voters and this is not allowed at the local level.
Join us in making this wrong right.