There’s a problem when the average American citizen has minimal (if any) impact on decisions made in Congress, as one 2014 study of lobbying shows. There’s a problem when Super PACs with the extreme views of the very few and very wealthy throw their advertising might behind candidates, effectively commercializing elections. There’s a problem with how essential decisions are funded and influenced in this country.
The problem extends to how lines are drawn in what has become a two-party fight. In many states, the information of anyone who registers to vote is freely available; if I want, I know how you vote and where you live, and this information is most definitely used to redraw voting districts to reflect partisan interests. Gerrymandering is a party trick on paper and an outrage in practice. What’s the point of voting at all if our vote has already been reckoned with, divvied up within a two-color system, and strategically placed within a district whose color can then be called before an election even occurs?
One of the reasons Mark founded the MetaRepublic was that there was no organization he felt he could trust. So he decided to make one himself, an organization that preempts corruption. How do we achieve this? With transparency from the outset that grounds every subsequent decision. With a system of representation that counts each vote as equal to any other. With the question, how far can we go without money?
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