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21st century democracy needs defending : Comments
By Lee Rhiannon, published 15/7/2011How does 21st century democracy manage lobbyists, corporate campaigning, and concentration of media ownership?
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How can a government govern in the interests of the nation when a group of corporations can pump 100 million dollars into an advertising campaign to discredit government policy? This is particularly a problem with the vast majority of the media being in the hands of so few individuals.
I thought that democracy was supposed to be about government by the people, not by big business.