Canada

Gawd I miss the Rhinoceros Party of old.

Too bad the twats in Parliament got their underwear in a knot over the Rhinos coming in second in a few ridings, so brought in new rules that wiped them out. :(

The party abstained from the 1993 federal election while they questioned the constitutionality of new rules that required the party to run candidates in at least 50 ridings at a cost of $1,000 per candidature. On September 23, 1993, Canada's Chief Electoral Officer, Jean-Pierre Kingsley, refused to accept the party's abstention and ordered the removal of the Rhinoceros Party from the Registry of Canadian Political Parties, effectively eliminating them from the Canadian political system. Kingsley also directed the party's official agent, Charlie (le Concierge) McKenzie, to liquidate all party assets and return any revenues to the Receiver General of Canada. On instructions from the party, McKenzie refused. After two years of threatening letters, Ottawa refused to prosecute McKenzie, who now claims to hold the distinction of being Canada's "least-wanted fugitive".

blindly believing that we exist in a democracy. The only democratic control common people seem to have is the ability to vote every few years .... and with the amount of influence and marketing that only rich people and corporations have, it's even difficult to describe elections as democratic.

Right. We should give up. Gotcha.