The spark for my post was Chapter 34 of Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy.
He points out that institutions designed to keep free republics free, are counterproductive and harmful in corrupt republics.
That maxim is before our eyes. Congress used to represent the major elements of our republic, the people and states. The laws they created had a firm basis for nationwide support.
Today, the law is largely whatever Obama and his ministers say it is. Congress doesn't represent either the people nor states. Over time, congress increasingly serves party leaders and major money donors whose particular interest is typically opposed to the general interest, the general welfare.
So, the once law-giving institution of a free republic has bee reduced to that of a miserable servant to tyranny. It is why I will probably cease voting, for every vote increasingly serves to condone tyranny.
...”So, the once law-giving institution of a free republic has bee reduced to that of a miserable servant to tyranny. It is why I will probably cease voting, for every vote increasingly serves to condone tyranny.”...
When voting seems to be a useless activity which changes nothing, people will come to that conclusion. When you think of it, fixed elections in despotic nations are not a whole lot different than elections which change nothing anyway.