Would you agree with what I've posted here, or not?

[woo me with science]

34. No, we don't have gridlocked democracy. We have united oligarchy.

We have united oligarchy.

That's what the Princeton study revealed. We have corporate money flooding both sides of the aisle in Washington and corrupting the direction of both major parties, to the point that citizens have no impact on policy anymore.

US Is an Oligarchy Not a Democracy, says Scientific Study
http://www.businessinsider.com/major-study-finds-that-the-us-is-an-oligarchy-2014-4
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024819356

Voters didn't *choose* Republican or corporate policy. They stopped voting, or voted in protest for the party out of power, because they perceive that the policies don't change anymore no matter which party is elected. And they are right, as research and reality show. We don't have a functioning democracy. A monied elite is driving our policy at this point, and the people have no impact on its direction. That's why we see this:

Mass spying on Americans? Both parties support it.
Handing the internet to corporations? Both parties support it.
Austerity for the masses? Both parties support it.
Cutting social safety nets? Both parties support it.
Corporatists in the cabinet? Both parties support it.
Tolling our interstate highways? Both parties support it.
Corporate education policy? Both parties support it.
Bank bailouts? Both parties support it.
Ignoring the trillions stashed overseas? Both parties support it.
Trans-Pacific Job/Wage Killing Secret Agreement? Both parties support it.
TISA corporate overlord agreement? Both parties support it.
Drilling and fracking? Both parties support it.
Wars on medical marijuana instead of corrupt banks? Both parties support it.
Deregulation of the food industry? Both parties support it.
GMO's? Both parties support it.
Privatization of the TVA? Both parties support it.
Immunity for telecoms? Both parties support it.
"Looking forward" and letting war criminals off the hook? Both parties support it.
Deciding torturers are patriots? Both parties support it.
Militarized police and assaults on protesters? Both parties support it.
Indefinite detention? Both parties support it.
Drone wars and kill lists? Both parties support it.
Targeting of journalists and whistleblowers? Both parties support it.
Private prisons replacing public prisons? Both parties support it.
Unions? Both parties view them with contempt.
Trillion dollar increase in nuclear weapons. Both parties support it.
New war in Iraq. Both parties support it.
New war in Syria. Both parties support it.
Carpet bombing of captive population in Gaza. Both parties support it.

"Hold the line if you cannot make gains" is a Third Way, corporate talking point to encourage passivity. We don't need lowered expectations. We need a national movement to demand fundamental change and restoration of our democracy.

Ignore Third Way Talking Points and Spin
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025767160