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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: 1) by anyanka on Thursday April 17 2014, @06:15PM

    by anyanka (1381) on Thursday April 17 2014, @06:15PM (#32772)

    Sticking within a democratic system, I'd start with:

    - Proportional representation.

    - Taxpayer funded elections with a strict ban on any outside donations.

    - A wholesale devolving of powers to local municipalities, states, regions etc. In my opinion centralized government is anything but democratic, and the only way to have any real representation is to allow decision making at a local / regional level.

    These are good points and they used to be the norm in Europe (with some counterexamples, like the UK). Unfortunately, we seem to be moving in the US direction on the latter two points lately.