Statement of Purpose of "The Revolution by Vote"

through the Real Democracy Party (RDP) website:

 

To before 0922pages: (Before 0922 Contents)

The purpose of this website is to describe, explain and promote radical democratic ideas and practices including but not limited to:  mandatory voting, no party registration, an election system that promotes more than two parties, party coalitions and power sharing, an election system that requires elected legislators and executives to represent the interests of their constituents and not the interests of out-of-district business donors.  To promote understanding of these purposes and an interest in accomplishing the goal of creating and maintaining a democratic government that does not protect minority rule.  Projects on this website include, since 2016, efforts to act in concert with others to accomplish effective democratic action. 

 

I do not believe that the "classic" citizen actions of protest marches, political "concerts" or "Woodstock" style events are worth the effort they require and dangers they entail.  Every political action should be measured in terms of whether it moves our political and economic practices in the direction of greater sharing of political and economic power.  The American two-party system is extremely successful at restricting meaningful political power to the hands of an American Nobility and ruling political class, just as effective as the royalty system and fixed feudal hierarchy confined political power in Europe and other parts of the world before 1775.  We are not serfs economically, but we are serfs politically because we do not have the representative government we fought for.  In the two-party system the people's rights are a gift from those with power, and they can be withdrawn, such as the right to vote or the right to a jury trial.  They frequently are.  And the powerful have a different set of rules than the common people in civil and criminal courts.  Our legislative representatives at the state and federal level are bought and owned by the rich ruling class who might have some worthy goals but there first goal is always to retain their monopoly on political power.  They do not trust democracy.

 

From 2016 through 2018, the contents of this topic was transferred to the separate website realdemocracyparty dot org, also designated as the Revolution by Vote.  In 2020 I did meet the standards to be recognized as a presidential candidate (write-in) by the FEC – Federal Elections Commission, unknown to everyone else.  With apologies, the RDP was a registered political party for about two years, but it was dissolved and is now more a project than a functioning political party.  This is appropriate to me because I believe the two political parties in our two-party system have failed us completely and destroyed democracy in America rather than protected it.  My effort to act in concert with others to translate democratic ideas into effective action may continue through 2021 and thereafter.  What is likely to be my last serious effort to have a positive influence is the CDCF – Citizen Directed Candidate Fund, described here in detail at the RDP or "Revolution by Vote" website.