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The legal framework that provides the basis for our economic activities not only fails to prevent concentrations of ownership, it encourages it.

9 of 10 candidates to win office outspend their opponents during the campaign.

Wealth is disproportionally represented in government - both among elected and appointed officials.

Legislation is largely drafted within a network of foundations, think tanks, and lobbyists - who receive most of their funding and direction from the top 1% percent - and handed to our elected representatives, few of whom are able to take the time to read it.

Who governs? Who benefits? Not "the people" in any meaningful sense of the term. The US is a class dominated* system.


*there are countless studies but here is an easily digestible source you can access for free right now: http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/class_domination.html