[EM] secret ballots and proxy voting

[Fred Gohlke]

Richard Fobes wrote:

"In politics the "power nodes" are the political parties.  They are much 
easier to control than the voters.

Even the members of Congress are a bit too numerous to control, so 
"special interests" (the biggest campaign contributors) make their deals 
in backroom meetings with committee members.  Then (under threat of 
withdrawal of money from election campaigns) the "majority whip" ensures 
that all Congressmen from that party vote the way the party arranged to 
vote."

Why does this site not address the travesty Fobes describes?

We are engulfed in the corruption and destructiveness inherent in party 
politics.  Surely the bright people on this site can come up with a 
better alternative.  Instead, they seem committed to perpetuating it.

Why is that?

Fred Gohlke