Chapter II

UNPOPULAR GOVERNMENT--HOW ESTABLISHED IN THE UNITED
STATES IN SPITE OF THE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT IT 21

SEC. 1. Introductory 21

SEC. 2. The Burden upon the Electorate--The
Inverted Pyramid of Governmental and
Electoral Districts--The Offices to Be
Filled and the Number of Electors in Each District 26

SEC. 3. The Resulting Political Ignorance of the
Voter and His Consequent Disfranchisement 39

SEC. 4. The Power of the Electorate Passes to
Those Who Take Advantage of Its
Ignorance to Direct It How to Vote 48

SEC. 5. The Power of Government Passes into the
Hands of Those Who Are Able to Direct
the Majority of the Politically Ignorant
How to Vote. They Constitute an
Extra-legal but None the Less Real Government 61

SEC. 6. The Extra-legal Government Uses Its
Power Selfishly to Maintain Itself and to
Benefit Those Who Have Organized and Supported It 67

SEC. 7. The Extra-legal Government Is Able to
Maintain Itself in the Face of Popular Disapproval 73

PART II

THE WAR ON POLITOCRACY

CHAPTER III

DISSIPATION OF POLITICAL IGNORANCE BY SELF-TAUGHT
POLITICAL EDUCATION 91

CHAPTER IV

THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT AND CIVIL-SERVICE ACTS 95

CHAPTER V

ALTRUISTIC EFFORTS TO ENLIGHTEN THE VOTER 99

CHAPTER VI

ABOLITION OF THE PARTY CIRCLE AND PARTY COLUMN 104

CHAPTER VII

THE PRIMARIES 107

CHAPTER VIII

THE INITIATIVE AND THE REFERENDUM 118

CHAPTER IX

THE RECALL 122

CHAPTER X

INDEPENDENT MOVEMENTS AND THE NEW PARTY 128

CHAPTER XI

THE SECURITY OF EXTRA-LEGAL UNPOPULAR GOVERNMENT
BY POLITOCRATS IN THE UNITED STATES 133

CHAPTER XII

THE MENACE TO UNPOPULAR GOVERNMENT OF THE
COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT FOR SMALLER CITIES 139

CHAPTER XIII

THE PRINCIPLES OF THE COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT
APPLIED TO THE LARGER CITIES 162

CHAPTER XIV

THE PRINCIPLES OF THE COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT
APPLIED TO THE STATE 166

CHAPTER XV

CONTEMPORARY PLANS LOOKING TOWARD THE UNION
OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE POWERS OF
STATE GOVERNMENTS 181

CHAPTER XVI

THE SECOND-CHAMBER PROBLEM 193

CHAPTER XVII

METHODS OF SELECTING AND RETIRING JUDGES 225

CHAPTER XVIII

CHANGES IN THE PLAN OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 252

CHAPTER XIX

CONCLUSION 262