In this democracy one of our greatest achievements was the ability for anyone to run & hold a public office whether you worked on an assembly line or owned a goldmine. America is still that great democracy yet each day we see our power sliced into fractions. Culture war is a method of dividing classes into sections and subsections of power which are subcontracted through "power brokers" at the advantage of wealthy pseudo-leaders.
In our current example of democracy its not a matter of personal credibility but only the forces behind a candidate. Does the Christian coalition support him? What does George Soros think of him? Did so-and-so endorse him/her?
Division in America is the direct result of power brokers and pseudo-leaders. Democracy is not abound in the United States for the mere fact that monetary capital is a means to get elected thus a "social capital" that buys a public office. To make the aquisition of public office one must intiate strategy with power brokers whether they be Pat Robertson, Moveon.org, George Soros, or the infamous media spin machines.
Tyranny of the populace is at the hands of wealthy elitest gaining from the division of America. Wealth is a means to buy public offices, public offices are a means to create corporate-sponsored slush funds, and slush funds are destroying your health.
Let the selling & buying of power begin.....