It is fanciful in today's world to believe that operating democracies are democratic. In order to begin the process of making them more democratic, here is a list of changes to the system which are required.
1. Ban all corporate donations to the election process.
2. Each individual who donates has to publicly declare their connection to business or an interest group, which will demonstrate any bias.
3. Each individual needs to prove their ability to pay the donation from their own funds.
4. List all donors publicly on a government site updated daily.
5. Any person caught accepting cash payments is made ineligible to stand.
6. Limit the amount able to be spent on elections by candidates and their parties.
7. Where the government financially supports parties, these monies are to be used to pay bills incurred in the election, not paid directly to parties.
8. Ban all lobbyists. If individuals, interest groups or businesses meet with an elected official it needs to be declared on a government site, updated daily.
In making this start there is a chance that politicians will be elected on policies, be made more accountable to the electors and less accountable to the holders of large private purses.
From my guide Crazy Horse through Ian Rogers Director Sphinx Spiritual
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