Apolitical Democracy

Political Parties have caused dissention, confusion, and fighting among the people and the representatives of political parties since their inception. When the Constitution was written in 1787, the founders thought of political parties as "factions," acting only for their own selfish interests rather than the public good. The founders saw instances in history when factions resorted to assassination and civil war if they failed to get their way. Sound familiar? It should because we have been dealing with it for a long time. And just like in the Civil War, political parties are leading us down the path of destruction . Political parties feed on money flow. They are not driven by the needs or the desires of the people. Because of this, political parties because of their dependency on cash flow fall into the hands of special interests and corporate institutions. When this happens politics become about the desires of the large donors and not the needs and desires of the people. Political parties become the pawns of corporate interests. The function of political parties becomes protecting corporate interests rather than the interests of the people. Sadly, political parties will lead to the fall of democratic forms of government. In his Farewell Address, George Washington warned that political parties were likely "to become potent engines by which . . . unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government." It is obvious that from that time to the present, it is obvious that political parties are most effective at dividing the people. As long as political parties can keep division between the American People they can control the People. Since the inception of political parties nothing other than division of the people and excessive corruption has existed in political parties. Saying that nothing is perfect so we should keep political parties is also saying that we are not capable of creating a better process regardless of how flawed what we have created may be.

Individual Rights

The first constitution of the United States was, the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of confederation gave states rights the ultimate power to control individual rights. This is why some states were able to proclaim that Indigenous People were not entitled to any rights or considerations and that they were not human. It is why Confederate states were able to declare that Black People were not human and could be bought and sold as livestock. It became abundantly clear that to protect individual rights, there would have to be a stronger Federal Government. So,on March 4, 1789 the Articles of Confederation were rescinded and our current constitution was ratified. Abuse of state power isn't something new. There is a group of people that have always tried to decide who should have individual rights and who should not . We are now on the verge of losing all individual rights . The People have never fully understood what individual rights meant . Individual Rights are so extensive that the idea of enumerating all of the would have been so enormous that someone would still be enumerating them . Instead, it was decided that the 9th and 10th amendments would protect those rights . Unfortunately , states have tried to usurp those two amendments . And we have allowed them to get away with it. The one thing that has remained consistent since the founding of the United States is that rights may be guaranteed, but if we plan to keep them we will always have to fight for them. One of the ways that we have to figjt is to fight is through elections. We have to understand that every elected position is as important as as any other. We have a responsibility to vote in every single election. Of course we can always allow the constitution to be replaced by a new version of the Articles of Confederation. Unless that is what we want, we had better learn that no democratic form of government can survive as a spectator sport .