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In reply to the discussion: US Is an Oligarchy Not a Democracy, says Scientific Study [View all]Bettie
(16,118 posts)44. It's been pretty clear for a while
It's sad. We're sliding to a corporate state. Just waiting for the renaming of the White House to The White House: By Monsanto or some such nonsense.
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Yep, I think that is a root cause. Until it hits home with more people, many see
RKP5637
Apr 2014
#82
Nor was there any attempt to protect the protesters from the brutality of the robo cops even after
sabrina 1
Apr 2014
#16
If a storm blows down your home, do you wait to have it reappear overnight, OR....
Junkdrawer
Apr 2014
#20
I have. Great book. My wife's a theater historian and found it doubly interesting....
Junkdrawer
Apr 2014
#95
Saying you are glad you are old ..is a cop out. More reason to do something about the prob.
YOHABLO
Apr 2014
#75
Interesting. Somehow we knew this but a statistical analysis strengthens the assertion.
geckosfeet
Apr 2014
#6
Well, you are selecting someone to carry out the wishes of the economic elite.
geckosfeet
Apr 2014
#10
I can't thank you enough, Junkdrawer and xchrom. The Age of Uncertainty makes it all clear.
hedda_foil
Apr 2014
#99
A little work with YTD Video Downloader, and I had an 11 hour audiobook....
Junkdrawer
Apr 2014
#101
When the Banksters steal $16 Trillion and not a single one goes to jail, there's proof.
Octafish
Apr 2014
#21
Michael Parenti makes that same point over and over. In fact a Big Worry...
Junkdrawer
Apr 2014
#107
Yep. The oligarchs wanted Barack Obama to be president, so they simply installed him.
Nye Bevan
Apr 2014
#23
That may be the fact but it was because it gave them another issue to gather the idiots around -
jwirr
Apr 2014
#32
The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Know The Gig Is Up Without Voter Suppression
cantbeserious
Apr 2014
#37
50 acres today is nothing for a farmer. You can't do much with 50 acres today.
JDPriestly
Apr 2014
#86
The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us
cantbeserious
Apr 2014
#36
This study might explain this one: Americans are more liberal than the policies we get
RainDog
Apr 2014
#40
True. But, it's kinda hard to get suckers to fight to "spread oligarchy", or "save oligarchy".
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2014
#48
true, as it now stands.. but if the populace got together as oneand voted en mass, the kochs would
dionysus
Apr 2014
#52
Much More is needed than voting. I mean, every four years we get to "Choose"
truedelphi
Apr 2014
#79
but if everyone voted we could rule the primaries and get the right candidates
dionysus
Apr 2014
#113
Shocking! Like I always say. The most important vote you make is with your money & time.
raouldukelives
Apr 2014
#53
The principles of protecting SS and taxing the wealthy poll overwhelming favorability . . .
pa28
Apr 2014
#57
I don't need a study . I have lived here for 66 years. I see democracy in other countries and then
geretogo
Apr 2014
#67
Thanks . We here in Jackson County Oregon are in a battle right as to whether we have the right to
geretogo
Apr 2014
#89
we let the billionaires blast the country with 1200 coordinated radio stations for 25 years and
certainot
Apr 2014
#93