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Study Concludes USA is an Oligarchy

posted by LaminatorX on Thursday April 17 2014, @10:26AM   Printer-friendly
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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 17 2014, @12:57PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 17 2014, @12:57PM (#32614)

    How soon before all of the major 'think tanks' put together studies that repudiate this study?

    Why would they bother, when our schools are already doing it? Everyone learns in their childhood civics classes that "democracy" means "everyone gets to vote." Everyone in the US can vote, therefore the US is a democracy. Mass media repeats this message regularly. Even more than just voting, anyone can be President: look at Jimmy Carter, son of a poor Georgia farmer, or Barack Obama, raised by a frequently-single mother. Anyone who claims something different must have a hidden agenda and is probably using words with carefully crafted definitions that are different than common, colloquial use.