Re:Captain Obvious Strikes Again... (Score 1)

You're close. Keep researching.

I assume you know the outright manipulation available with electronic voting (www.blackboxvoting.com) that resulted in the first Republican governor of Georgia in 130 years; but, you probably haven't read the book "Votescam" (www.votescam.com), the story of a regular Joe who made a serious run for office in Florida in the 70's, lost, and wanted to know why. The latter will give great insight on your media theory.

You are incorrect about living in a direct democracy. When is the last time you voted on legislation? You vote on a person to represent your vote on legislation - a representative democracy - a Republic.

Now, throw in money (greed) and power (control) in your theory, mix in a little drama from the recent Disney movie "Antz" - remember the barroom scene when the grasshoppers didn't want to go back to teach the ant Z a lesson for standing up for something?

Mandible (lead grasshopper) explained very clearly why one little ant is such a big deal: there's billions of them compared to the very few of us.