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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: 3, Interesting) by jimbrooking on Thursday April 17 2014, @01:52PM

    by jimbrooking (3465) Subscriber Badge on Thursday April 17 2014, @01:52PM (#32647)

    As a resident of North Carolina, I have watched Koch money, along with our own home-grown Koch, Art Pope, buy the governorship and both houses of the state legislature. NC is all-Rethug for the first time since Reconstruction, IIRC. States are cheaper to buy and you only need a few of them to block US constitutional amendments. The first thing the new regime did is redistrict the state to ensure the permanence of their rule. The teabaggers' agenda items are state law now. Welcome to Dystopia.

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  • (Score: 1) by linuxrocks123 on Thursday April 17 2014, @03:59PM

    by linuxrocks123 (2557) on Thursday April 17 2014, @03:59PM (#32717) Journal

    The South has been transitioning from Democrat -> Republican for decades. Moneyed interests in North Carolina may have accelerated the trend, but Republicans were bound to eventually kill off the last Blue Dogs.