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Study Concludes USA is an Oligarchy

posted by LaminatorX on Thursday April 17 2014, @10:26AM   Printer-friendly
from the Also:-Sky-is-Blue dept.

Hairyfeet writes:

A study by Princeton and Northwestern universities shows that a small group of elite have control over the general population and the government only supports the rich and powerful while the masses have no say whatsoever. The 42 page report concludes "we believe that if policymaking is dominated by powerful business organizations and a small number of affluent Americans, then America's claims to being a democratic society are seriously threatened."

 
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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by WizardFusion on Thursday April 17 2014, @10:43AM

    by WizardFusion (498) on Thursday April 17 2014, @10:43AM (#32576) Journal

    This just in, water is wet.
    Thanks Capt. Obvious.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Daiv on Thursday April 17 2014, @11:05AM

    by Daiv (3940) on Thursday April 17 2014, @11:05AM (#32579)

    While this has *been* obvious, this is actual documented research that has been published. There is a huge difference in knowing something and being able to point to concrete evidence of it.

    • (Score: 1) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 17 2014, @11:24AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 17 2014, @11:24AM (#32582)

      Yes, I wish there would be more like this. I think it applies to most European countries as well. Time to do something about that...

    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by enharmonix on Thursday April 17 2014, @02:28PM

      by enharmonix (1891) <enharmonix+soylentnews@gmail.com> on Thursday April 17 2014, @02:28PM (#32665)

      While this has *been* obvious, this is actual documented research that has been published. There is a huge difference in knowing something and being able to point to concrete evidence of it.

      And now that it's been proven, it will certainly be on the News at 11:00 and then the masses will rise up and do something about it, right?

      I would love it if this got media coverage, but I'm fairly it's not gonna happen and that even if it did, nothing significant would change. We've been powerless for decades and are still losing what little ground we have left.

      • (Score: 5, Interesting) by Silentknyght on Thursday April 17 2014, @03:53PM

        by Silentknyght (1905) on Thursday April 17 2014, @03:53PM (#32715)

        I would love it if this got media coverage, but I'm fairly it's not gonna happen and that even if it did, nothing significant would change. We've been powerless for decades and are still losing what little ground we have left.

        This is, depressingly, certainly how I feel. The modern news cycle--most of the modern, internet life--happens within intra-day timetables. This is news today, and maybe big news, but it'd have to be truly ENORMOUS in order to hold the enough people's attention in order to enact change before simple 'fatigue' sets in and people move on with their lives.

        And I'm just as guilty of that, too. It's going to take the commitment of the whole lifetime of each of hundreds of individuals to turn this boat around. Unabashedly, I've already dedicated my whole lifetime to the proper raising of my kids, and I'd bet that most of the general public (usually lambasted on this site and that other site as being apathetic to such worthy causes as from TFA) is in the same boat, having already dedicated their entire life elsewhere.

        Combine that with the financial luxury present in the oligarchy, enabling them to devote the time (otherwise needed for the usual 9-5 job) to causes furthering their own oligarchy, and you have the vicious circle in which we now find ourselves.

        Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to my 9-5 job to ensure that my kids have a warm house & food to eat. I respect the problem and the issue, but I'll have to rely on other dedicated souls to fix it.

  • (Score: 4, Informative) by c0lo on Thursday April 17 2014, @12:14PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday April 17 2014, @12:14PM (#32595) Journal

    This just in, water is wet.

    (an entry in the "a need-of-precision compulsive fit" folder) not exactly: in ice, water vapours and supercritical fluid states, water is not wet - given the temperature range [wikipedia.org] in which water still exists, the 100K part of it in which the water is wet is actually a small percentage, so you are mostly wrong.

    Thanks Capt. Obvious.

    You seem adjusted well with the idea, aren't you?

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    • (Score: 1) by thoughtlover on Tuesday April 22 2014, @11:01PM

      by thoughtlover (3247) on Tuesday April 22 2014, @11:01PM (#34632) Journal

      Thank you Captain Pedant! Not to burst your bubble, but most people think of H2O having three, standard states --which I'd think 99% of the population might say, too.

  • (Score: 2) by oodaloop on Thursday April 17 2014, @12:37PM

    by oodaloop (1982) <{jkaminoff} {at} {zoho.com}> on Thursday April 17 2014, @12:37PM (#32607)

    Yeah, we should never research things we already feel are true.

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