“Many forms of government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, is has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”
Winston Churchill
Democracy has been called many things:
“The rule of the ignorant”
“The tyranny of the majority”
“Two wolves and a lamb voting on what’s for supper”
While it is all that, unless something drastic happens, it’s the system we have to work with, and I’m not sure I’d have it any other way.
It’s messy and open to all kinds of corruption, but it is participatory…for those who choose to participate.
Or are allowed to participate.
I would love to recommend a slate of Libertarian candidates for office this election cycle, but Ohio no longer recognizes us as a political party, nor the Greens, nor the Constitutions, nor anyone else that’s not a Republican or Democrat.
But that’s not going to change on its own.
Perhaps the worst thing about democracy is that it takes work, and people who are willing to work – especially to break the two-party system. Let’s get the word out about the Two Party Lie and do our work to ensure that there are more than two candidates available for the races. And then vote for them.
And running for office would also be helpful. In my own district, with the exception of City Council and the Board of Education, all other candidates are unopposed.
There is no excuse for that.
We need to get more involved to make the changes we want and not just sit back and let other people make those decisions for us.
Ken Holpp, Secretary, Franklin County Libertarian Party
