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The wealthy win again!
by swayvil 9y ago
The wealthy win again!
- ringaroundthetx 9y agoGrassroots populist opinions of the people only prevail when the wealthy and corporate interests already coincidentally happened to be lobbying for it. And by coincidence, I mean overlap, so it isn't just a matter of convincing the wealthy interest groups either because they don't care. This study was regarding laws passed and regulations changed, but it would apply to non-state consensus garnering organizations. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-poli... > Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence. Same study, in article form with graphs, responding to critics of the study https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/05/23/critics-challenge-our-portrait-of-americas-political-inequality-heres-5-ways-they-are-wrong/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/05/2...