Written for everyday Americans, by an everyday American, True
Democracy takes a proactive, insightful, and timely look at the
current political dilemma confronting our nation, and examines
whether our eighteenth-century Constitution can preserve American
democratic ideals in the twenty-first century. Is America's current
approach to elective democracy viable in the twenty-first century?
Other authors have tackled this question, but have done so with
formal acumen. Unfortunately, their fine works have not achieved
much success in the general marketplace because of their highly
academic style and narrowly targeted audiences. Average
middle-class Americans seeking alternatives to our current
political situation simply can't get what they need from these
remarkable writings-they need something with a more accessible
voice. And that voice sounds out from the masses, not from the
political arena. Neither a politician nor a political pundit, but
just an ordinary middle-of-the-road American citizen, author Keith
W. Miller has spent years observing and studying the American
political scene, and has come up with keen insights and conclusions
based on what he has witnessed. His debut work, True Democracy,
speaks to all Americans, delivering accessible analysis and answers
to the political inquiries at the forefront of American debate and
at the foundation of movements like Occupy Wall Street. Beyond the
critical question of the applicability of our eighteenth-century
Constitution to twenty-first century ideals, True Democracy further
postulates that our original Constitution was, at best, a
compromise that created an aristocratic republic dominated by men
of wealth and family connections, which thrives to this day in the
guise of Corporate America. It suggests that our current system of
government is not a democracy, but rather a representative
plutocracy-rule by the rich. But Miller's work is not to be taken
as a condemnation of the rich. True Democracy presents the
dominance of wealth as just one symptom of a greater epidemic
spawned by our dated Constitution, which even Thomas Jefferson
understood would need substantial revisions as the nation
progressed. Sure to instigate debate and dialogue, at the bottom
line, Miller posits two themes: (1) The rigidity of our current
elective form of representative government established by an
outdated Constitution is untenable and undemocratic in the
twenty-first century; and, (2) We need to look at alternative forms
of selecting our government officials and representatives. True
Democracy offers a number of alternative forms of selection that
are based, in part, on the original Athenian democratic model-the
keystone of which is representation through selection, or
sortition, rather than election, a process similar to our
time-honored method of choosing juries. Miller acknowledges that
his recommendations are, by no means, a silver-bullet cure for our
political woes. But he does offer True Democracy as an everyday
layman's response, a frank conversation with ordinary Americans
about significant political issues facing the nation, in the hope
that readers will continue the discussion through thoughtful and
civil debate.
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