Why elections fail to bring about real change - the 10 filters that make them ineffective for the radical left

andrew
Fri, 19 Feb 2016 12:17:42 +0000
Election 2016, Elections, Green party, The Left, International, Audio, Opinion, Analysis, Andrew N Flood

Why can’t the 99% simply vote in a government that acts in their interest and not that of the 1%

At a simple level parliamentary elections sound like the ideal way for the mass of the ‘have nots’ to use their numbers to overcome the power and influences of the tiny number of have’s. Occupy talked about this division in the language of the 1% and 99%; a crude approximation that does reflect a reality where the number of wealthy decision makers is actually very tiny, indeed less than 1%. So, why can’t the 99% simply vote in a government that acts in their interest and not that of the 1%? [Listen to this article]