Is the American Political System Broken? That isn't the real question ...

Ok ... been awhile since I've had a political rant to put down in writing. Lately hearing the talking heads all spouting off about how the American political process is broken ... I just can't take anymore. For the love of all that is good in the universe ... from the time of the Constitutional convention (lets not even talk about the Articles of Confederation period of our history) critics, citizens and the media have been making that statement. I feel there is a single, fundamental flaw in the American political process that could be quite easily rectified. The two political party system is horrifyingly broken and it has been since its inception. Would a multi-party political system solve all the problems? No. Yet it might start giving the people of America, the common citizen, more of a voice in Washington. It might help restore the common American's faith in government and perhaps give the rest of the world hope that ... maybe America is coming around ... maybe they really do get it. It would certainly help break the strangle hold corporate America has on government.  Do I think that a multi-party system is inevitable? No. I think that such a move will be quashed by both the Democratic and Republican parties ... brutally ... with the aid of every company in America that has two nickles to donate to the cause of enslaving the citizenry. In short ... while I think it would usher in a political renaissance and give us all renewed hope and energy ... such a wondrous event is as likely to occur as a lottery win for me. It is just not going to happen.

This is why the American political system is broken ... has been broken for a long, long time ... and will continue to spiral downward. The Democratic and Republican parties do not represent the average American ... they just don't. I know very few people ... D or R ... who are happy with their party or feel their party represents even a fraction of their true interests. Our nation is far to large and far to diverse to have only two choices. If someone is a fiscal conservative but liberal on social issues ... what party would they select?? What if someone is a staunch gun rights advocate but happens to be an atheist who believes in public health care ... what party would they join? There are endless other concerns people might have that neither party cares about. Both parties are totally co-opted by corporate America ... lock, stock and barrel ... Wall Street owns the American Political process. It matters not who is in the white house or who controls congress ... Wal-Mart, Google, Exxon, etc. etc. have their interests represented first and foremost .. often at the major expense of the vast majority of Americans. What if that is one's main concern ... reigning in corporations ... there is no party which represents that interest. So hearing people complain about a third or fourth or tenth party ... well ... one thing is clear ... there is no hope for the average American anymore. We are chattel, slaves to giant immortal corporations whose only care is grinding our bones to generate ROI for largely foreign investors. Who knows maybe that is the new American Dream ... endless fiscal enslavement ... with the only escape to go deeper into debt, tune out the bleak reality by taking whatever mind numbing pleasure one can ... until you end up dead or in jail. Meanwhile quality of life spirals downwards, the contribution of America to the world declines ... and idiocy reigns supreme ... just as the immoral, immortal corporations want it ....