| -- End Ad Box ---> | | | | as to what the issues really are. For example, people |
| America has become a confusing place for many | | | | might not know what all of the candidates stand for |
| people who are trying to decipher through the mess of | | | | and may possibly vote on race issues, locality, and |
| politics that is inherent in a huge country that touts | | | | appearance instead of actual political ideology. In other |
| democracy. The Critical Review’s (No. 1 Vol. 19) | | | | words, issues of importance are no longer the issues |
| article Ignorance as a Starting Point: From Modest | | | | of politics. |
| Epistemology to Realistic Political Theory states that a | | | | When people are faced with making a decision |
| new elitist political paternalism may be necessary to | | | | without adequate information or with confusing |
| counter the general ignorance of the population. In | | | | information they will choose what they know. If |
| other words, brighter minds need to make decisions | | | | someone appears to be honest or they speak in a |
| for people. | | | | tone or manner that makes sense then they will vote |
| The concept of political elite makes some sense but in | | | | for that candidate. In some cases people will simply |
| reality this is already the case. We have in the U.S. a | | | | vote for a candidate because they remember their |
| pseudo-democracy in the sense that all of the | | | | name. This means the process is breaking down. |
| candidates are known but few, except the elite, know | | | | Currently, the country is run by political elites. This is the |
| what the candidates stand for. Democracy, in its early | | | | group of people who have the highest level of income |
| American terms, meant that politics was done on a | | | | and education. They are the ones that contribute to |
| local basis. People knew who the runners were, shook | | | | campaigns, read their newspaper on a regular basis, |
| their hands, asked them questions, etcÂ… This is one | | | | and view politics as a method of maintaining wealth. |
| of the reasons why many politicians still travel the | | | | For example, the Israeli lobby as the countries largest |
| country. | | | | lobby even though it is a foreign entity. Where are the |
| At one time in history it meant something to be part of | | | | domestic issues in relation to this issue? |
| a party. However, as these parties matured | | | | Thus, the article Ignorance as a Starting Point: From |
| (Democrats & Republicans) the lines of difference in | | | | Modest Epistemology to Realistic Political Theory |
| their ideologies have changed. People seem to float | | | | premises that a paternalistic political elite need to be |
| near the center and it is almost impossible to determine | | | | developed in order to steer people into the right |
| their party simply based on the way they vote. Some | | | | candidates is already in existence. It isn’t a |
| are liberal and some are conservative but parties have | | | | formal method or system as outlined in the system but |
| become only a path to politics; not an ideological | | | | that those who control the labor control the country. |
| difference. | | | | The farther you move up the wealthy scale the tighter |
| The fact that candidates and parties have become | | | | knit the group. |
| confusing, the average person has become confused | | | | |