Unbroken America: Self-Government, Elections and Media In the Absence of American Citizenship

A search here for any work that study's the problems of the American political system specifically, or the state of global democracy in general, will return a long list of titles that may differ widely in areas of study, but little in their ultimate conclusions.

• Democratic processes are no good, because people are uninformed; ignorant.
• Elections cannot work, and therefore should be abandoned in favor of something more oligarchic, or Athenian.
• Votes don't matter because the parties fix districts, or because of how votes are tallied or cast.
• People are not rational consumers of policy, but are immovable group-ish thinkers who must be appealed to with broad sociological constructs.
• Lacking for quality leadership and statesmanship; fresh faces are necessary.

While the list seems endless, the conclusions uniformly agree; the system is broken and is in need of fixing; or discarding!

However, these are conclusions consistently drawn from analysis based on the quantitative and derivative. Lacking a more granular approach, a path of analysis and engagement based on the qualitative goes mostly unexplored as simple questions like these are ignored:

• What is the true driving force behind the electoral dysfunctions of the American system and, are those affects being properly connected to the unraveling of the political and social order of the nation?
• Have any contemporary or historic reform efforts succeeded? And, if or when they have - or, even if they have failed or are failing - have any lessons been learned, applied; even sought?
• What role does the model of media in contemporary America play in these dysfunctions? Is positive achievement even possible in an environment that breeds endless amounts of content; but little examines the medium that delivers it?
• Is there even a demand - a genuine one - from any quarter that a genuine solution to the problem be found?

This pervasive approach drives a reactive public- consistently blaming a multitude of offenders. It also feeds the inevitable hope for - and promotion of - a savior; all at the expense of civic responsibility and citizenship.

Though all suggestions for better eternally revolve around "of by and for the people" ideas and ideals, what is almost never acknowledged is the impossibility of a functional democratic-republic without a visible, coherent, and enduring assembly of informed, vigilant, and powerful citizens.

If more than lip service is paid to that truth, things get simple as no question can remain as to what the real problem is.

That is the central point of the WeLeadUSA contributors in their work "Unbroken America"; a highly interactive reading experience that reinforces its explanations and suggestions with precision video and infographic materials. (Print version readers will eventually want to find an internet connection)

They contend we are blinded to the fact that the system works quite well- for those who participate wisely and argue rationality demands it be acknowledged that the elite advantages are in fact earned.

However, they prove that those advantages are also only proportional to the absence and ineffectuality of the people; and that nothing stops this from changing.

Throughout its pages that examine everything from electoral outcomes to the omissions of professional advocacy and the failures of alternative media, the book is essentially a proposal and plan for a powerful, enduing remedy; one that will require no laws, reforms, or amendments; and has long hidden in plain sight.