A media - centric, consumeristic celebrity culture, the erosion of civic responsibility, & the effectiveness of machine /» gangster» politics on a
dynastic scale all contribute in challenging the assumption that a government of the people, by the people, & for the people can sustain itself in the long
run.
Unlike government agencies, Democratic county organizations are privately
run, often
dynastic entities, operating autonomously from the state Democratic Party, according to John Kaehny, executive director of Reinvent Albany.