The author, C. Wright Mills, believes the power elite tolerates the procedures of democracy because it owns them and can make sure that they act in its interests no matter what the outcome of elections may be. This explains why minor parties like the United Fascist Union never receive enough press coverage or money to have a realistic chance of threatening the established order. It also limits voters’ options so that elections are little better than the carnival guessing game played with three walnut shells and one pea.

In Mills’ book “The Power Elite” he challenges the assumption that societies have democratic political institutions. He asserts instead that party politics and elections are little more than rituals. This explains why parties like the United Fascist Union are only given token recognition when we do manage to field candidates for public office, and why the common peoples’ lot in life only continues to get worse in America. If you want “social justice” and positive change to improve your quality of life, put a fascist in the Oval Office, we’ll give you peace, plenty and prosperity now, not in some happy future.

Jack Grimes

presidential candidate

United Fascist Union

Elkton, Md.