"'His real gift is to let people see him as the Terminator and see the characters he's played,' says Jamie Court, founder of ArnoldWatch.org, a website devoted to cataloguing the governor's relationship with big business. 'And they don't pay much attention to what he's done. What he's proving is that all politics is showbusiness. He's a brand.'"
You know, when I see something like that I reallyu think that we need a new way of doing democracy. Perhpas the reality is that media technology has made the practice of the original ideals of democracy all but impossible. So how could we do it differently so that real issues get discussed and decided on? Is technology also the answer? Genuine questions folks and good links and thoughts would be appreciated.
Oh, and one last thing -actually seems to me an issue of natural justice though the consequences could be sacry: "This week, for the first time since the 1870s, a senate committee considered an amendment to article 2 of the US constitution, which requires that a president be a "natural born" citizen of the country. The amendment, sponsored by Schwarzenegger's old friend, Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, would make citizens of 20 years eligible. Schwarzenegger, who has dual Austrian-US citizenship, took the oath in 1983. Another friend of the governor's has set up a website to lobby for the amendment."
Personally I think that if they pass that amendment then Arnie will be president, barring accidents or other misfortune. I'm not saying that it is good -just seems likely. How do we feel about that? The most powerful nation in the world, with the power to affect my destiny as a GB citizen [technically subject], and I don't get a say in the election. No taxation without representation? -No messing with my climate without representation!?
It seems to me that democracy now has to be both global and local.
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