Area Billionaire Outraged That Poor Man’s Vote Counts As Much As His; ‘Undemocratic’

“There’s a fundamental flaw in a system that allows people to vote if they haven’t contributed to the society in very specific ways that happen to dovetail with my experience, strengths, and biases.”

Tel Aviv, March 13 – A former IDF combat soldier who established a successful company and became wealthy as a result voiced his dismay today that fellow citizens without the same military and corporate resume can exercise their electoral rights to the same degree, and with the same impact, as he can, a fact that he calls a distortion of the values on which the country is based.

Zohar Giladi, who prides himself on his history as a paratrooper and the founder of a tech enterprise that Microsoft purchased ten years ago, making him rich, told friends and reporters Monday that he bristles at the injustice of a system that allows people who did not serve in a combat unit, or get lucky in business, to both vote in elections and have their vote count the same amount as his.

“I bled for this country,” he seethed. “I gave some of the best years of my life for this country, and then transformed my talent, education, and dedication onto a path that granted me economic independence, not to mention achievement. You can’t say any of that for most other people in this country, but their vote counts as much as mine, which is just unfair. How much to they pay in taxes a year? I’m willing to bet it’s a fraction of what I pay. My vote should count at least ten times the vote of anyone in some dirt heap such as Dimona or Bnei Brak.”

“It’s not just the injustice,” he continued. “It’s that the way things are is patently undemocratic. There’s a fundamental flaw in a system that allows people to vote if they haven’t contributed to the society in very specific ways that happen to dovetail with my experience, strengths, and biases. We don’t need judicial reform; we need a complete overhaul of Israeli government that fixes this gaping flaw.”

Giladi believes things began to go downhill when parties representing non-elite voters began to exercise power. “I guess it started in 1977,” he surmised, referring to the first time the country’s political establishment failed to secure an electoral majority, and has failed ever since to remain in power for any length of time. “Once upon a time, a solid military background in an elite unit, with the connections it offered in business and social life, was enough to ensure a guy could exercise some real influence over the plebians. No longer. We need to get back to that.”

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