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The purpose of government is to regulate society (via individuals in many cases) in order to promote the general welfare and advancement of society.
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Says you. Many people have many different beliefs as to what the purpose of government is.
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The individual should still incur a cost, however (in the form of a candidacy fee?), to keep just anyone from running for office since the gov't pays for the campaigns.
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In the ideal concept of America, anyone (who is a citizen over a certain age) can run for office. It is up to the people, not the gov't to decide who runs.
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Mass media, which was not present in the times of the Federalists, can much more quickly and easily disperse ideas and information, allowing the people to be more informed, which I believe would increase the chances of participation.
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We know how terribly too well how the mass media can be used as a biased tool to the higest bidder. Relying on the mass media to inform the people would be a huge mistake.
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inevitable, if the government outlaws them (along with some other rights to assembly as someone mentioned earlier) they'll form underground and still vote for their candidate of choice. A no-party system would 1) not be a democracy and 2) be impossible to regulate.