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.