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So your cynical view is that the government exists to serve the term rich/capitalism. Thats fine for you to think. But some of us would like to have a functiona

• Miner49er 6y ago
  I just think that people work for who pays them. Very little of D.C. politician's money comes from everyday Americans. I'd argue a true democratic republic isn't possible alongside capitalism. The rich will always have disproportionate power over elected officials. Whether it's through direct payments, or the ability to influence voters by manufacturing consent (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent).
• banads 6y ago
  It's not cynical, it's historical: "All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well born, the other the mass of the people. The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true in fact. The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct, permanent share in the government. They will check the unsteadiness of the second, and as they cannot receive any advantage by a change, they therefore will ever maintain good government. Can a democratic assembly, who annually revolve in the mass of the people, be supposed steadily to pursue the public good?" -Alexander Hamilton, Farrand's Records of the Federal Convention, v. 1, p. 299. (June 19, 1787)