The moral and industrious majority in America has always
affirmed the belief in the concept of majority rule in elections whose
precedent goes back to Greece and the voting record of the 35 tribes of Rome. When
most of the population believes in the election process, all is well. It didn’t
even take a leap of faith for most to have revered those who guarded and
preserved that process when the U.S., settled by the English, was temporarily
galvanized into a reasonable defined homogeneous nation by its melting pot. Few challenged the concept or its rules.
The
key to understanding the problem of one-man, one-vote now is who votes and who
doesn’t. After years of rigged elections
the center collapsed and with it the Silent Majority. Two extremes are left: predatory capitalism
and socialism. The majority dropped out
and the majority voting now is the
minority. It’s an interesting state of
affairs and how it got that way is even more interesting because the trouble
with the Silent Majority is they are silent – so silent to the point where the
relentless toxic activities of the worst elements has made the latter
dominant.
The
precedent for adding votes to contributing individuals is there. When the crimes of individuals become
egregious, they lose their right to vote.
Shouldn’t the constructive efforts of the best elements be rewarded? Is
it too much to give those with military service an extra vote? After all, they risk their lives defending
the framework from which all the goodies for the worst elements flow. That’s not to say most Americans do not
contribute, but the numbers and activities of the worst elements are always
disproportional to the numbers of constructive individuals. A businessman should get an extra vote because
he employs others in the same manner as a nobleman guides the affairs of his
manor. America is, after all, a
collective endeavor of all those estates run by a president – the chief
business agent for the country.
So
what does it boil down too even if the election process is rigged? At least the new system would acknowledge the
contributions of the best elements. It’s
also not a reaction to the browning of America because the idea of
rewarding those who build and preserve any country is a universal one. All
colors comprise the best elements. The inevitable
results of one-man, one-vote is socialism or worse when incentive takes a back
seat to political commissars intent on playing God and who will justify their abuses by
a representation based on the dead weight of the masses. When the new majority is proclaimed
by the worst elements, it will be an artificial one.
