David Boaz notes something disturbing about a nation formed via a revolution against hereditary monarchy:
In a country formed in rebellion against dynastic government, some 18 members of the US Senate in 2005 had gained office at least in part through family ties, along with dozens of House members.
That was written in 2007, but things aren’t much better now:
Now Alaska, the Last Frontier, the state of rugged individualism, is going to be represented in the U.S. Senate by the daughter of a former governor and senator and the son of a former congressman. In a bit of a War of the Roses twist, Sen. Mark Begich’s father won his first congressional election by defeating Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s father.
You can call it democracy if you want, but it really does start to strike one as elitism.
