Study concludes: The US is an oligarchy, not a democracy - UPI.com
A study from Princeton and Northwestern Universities concludes that U.S. political policy is determined by the economic elite, not the majority of citizens.
This is what .world and .works are fighting to keep in place, with their rabid anti* communism.
This is what racism and anticommunism, anti LGBTQ are fighting to preserve and send to poorest to die to achieve and expand it.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/04/16/The-US-is-not-a-democracy-but-an-oligarchy-study-concludes/2761397680051/Open linkView original on kbin.earth
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This is true, but also this study was from 2014
It's more relevant, today.
And even then, it was looking at the time period between 1981 and 2002, before Citizens United kicked things into overdrive.
Yep - Heritage Foundation. Started in ‘73 by rich creeps (Paul Weyrich, Edwin Feulner, and Joseph Coors (yes the beer Coors)) who began to see the real fruits of their investment with Reagan.
That's just sad
Fully agree with the conclusion of the study.
I am baffled at why you felt the need to attempt to start an instance beef, though. Really feels like you’re painting with far too broad of a brush - not to mention, instance beefs entirely distract from the (very valid and salient) point being made in the article.
Kindly take that instance beef nonsense back to subreddit drama. There's a wide diversity of opinions on the larger instances. Not everyone's a liberal.
Not to mention that even most liberals on Lemmy would probably agree this is a problem.
Yeah no. Keep that instance fight for other people. Here we agree to such a large degree that instance fighting does more harm than good.
I’m not trying to keep this shit government in place, I’m a communist who thinks the abolition of currency is a fine starting point.
No need to get rid of currency. Not at first, it's too useful in daily life.
Just get rid of the harmful parts, like 99% of the stock market and private equity and charging people for healthcare or housing.
I'm with you, money is the root of all evil
Money is a tool. The lust of money is the root of all evil.
If we didn't have money there would be nothing to lust after.
I agree, and we also haven't laid the groundwork for a classless, moneyless society.
Ironic that Princeton is saying this. Being a wealthy school, are they pro or anti?
Just anti enough to give the thinnest veneer of humanitarianism.
It was designed this way from the start. Examining the American Revolution from a critical lens reveals a very different story than what Americans are taught.
Exactly right.
From the federal government all the way down to local, corporations usually have their way.
What's ant communism? Ants are by definition communists...right?
Corrected, thanks.
Aw I thought rabid ants were going to take over the government
Ender has entered the chat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_totalitarianism
You know where you aaaaarrre? You’re in the lefty jungle, baby!
The liberals are entitled their misguided opinions, just like everybody else. The community is small enough without trying to divide it further.
The ideals of liberalism aren't horrible until you realize that equality is a lie. Then you know they are just lip service for the ruling class.