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> the will of the people never results in anything unless it coincidentally matches the causes of well funded special interests. That’s just false.
by canadianfella 5y ago
> the will of the people never results in anything unless it coincidentally matches the causes of well funded special interests.
That’s just false.
- vmception 5y agoYou want to split hairs over the word never versus little or no independent influence? > 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.
- username90 5y agoThat is for USA though and not the rest of the world. Europe has quite a lot of successful political pushes from the people.
- vmception 5y agoYes a comment about the USA citing a source about a study of the USA in a thread about a US federal law