*** NYTimes: The Presidential Nominating Process Is Absurd

Is it any wonder that populism is destroying democracies everywhere in the world.  We desperately need a system that allows voters to choose from a list of qualified candidates.
 
A properly functioning democracy should never allow the extreme concentrations of wealth that we find around the world today.
 
Money has no morality and only one guiding principle – to maximize return on investment.  It targets the most angry and least knowledgeable voters because they are the cheapest to persuade.
 
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