Would electoral reform help?
The lead article at the excellent VDARE website is interesting for several reasons.
First, it is a reply to some recent articles by MR’s own Geoff Beck. It seems that MR, with over a million hits now, is getting noticed.
Second, it discusses in a calm and reasonable way Geoff’s assertion that there are differences in the way that Congressmen of different ethnicities vote on immigraiton issues.
The author doesn’t dispute that these differences exist. He does add, though, that the representatives of these ethnic groups are much more pro-immigration than the rank and file (for instance, about 50% of Jews want less immigration, but only 4% of Jewish political leaders; similarly 44% of blacks want less immigration, but only 2% of their political leaders).
Third, the author, Randall Burns, uses data which suggests that wealthy donors favour Congressmen who are pro-immigration. Mr Burns concludes that the cause of immigration reform would be aided by reforms to the electoral system, including public funding of political parties (which we have in Australia) and proportional representation.
Fourth, and most interesting, Randall Burns is a progressive. He wants conservatives and progressives to unite in favour of electoral reform, which would give both groups a better chance to represent rank and file concerns, rather than those of a wealthy elite.
Posted by Geoff Beck on Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:04 | #
In reply to Burns
1) In a mass democracy those that control media and money control the country, so of course he is right.
2) Where Burns and I seem to disagree is on the artifact of racial identity expressed in the voting scores.
I think that Blacks, Jews, and Hispanics are in fact expressing their group evolutionary strategy by weakening their greatest racial foe - the majority European population of the United States of America.
Yes, I really believe that. Does Mr. Burns think that way? I’m not sure.