By Mark E . Smith
Reprinted with Permission
Boycotting elections alone will not oust the oligarchy , but it is the only proven non-violent way to delegitimize a government .
In Haiti , when the US and US-sponsored regimes removed the most popular party from the ballot , in many places only 3 % voted . The US had to intervene militarily , kidnap Aristide , and withhold aid after the earthquake to continue to control Haiti , but nobody familiar with the situation thought that the US-backed Haitian government had the consent of the governed or was legitimate .
A lot of people here are complaining about the Citizens United decision . Some want to amend the Constitution because there is no appeal from a Supreme Court decision ( their edicts have the same weight as the Divine Right of Kings ), but getting enough states to ratify is a long drawn out and not always successful process , as I ' m sure you recall from the ERA . But suppose that the corporations spent ten to fifteen billion dollars on an election ( they spent at least five billion on the last midterms , so that ' s not unreasonable ) and almost nobody voted . Do you think their boards of directors would let them do it again ?
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