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> self-rule Chomsky argues that democracy, at least in the US, is by and large not characterized by self-rule: https://www.salon.com/2013/08/17/chomsky_the_u_s
by CyberRabbi 5y ago
> self-rule
Chomsky argues that democracy, at least in the US, is by and large not characterized by self-rule: https://www.salon.com/2013/08/17/chomsky_the_u_s_behaves_nothing_like_a_democracy/ https://www.salon.com/2013/08/17/chomsky_the_u_s_behaves_not...
- a1369209993 5y agoPretty sure that was (part of) the parent's point, actually.
- CyberRabbi 5y agoYes I was legitimizing that real concern
- jessaustin 5y agoThere was a fairly definitive study out of Princeton: The central point that emerges from our research is that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while mass-based interest groups and average citizens have little or no independent influence. Our results provide substantial support for theories of Economic-Elite Domination and for theories of Biased Pluralism, but not for theories of Majoritarian Electoral Democracy or Majoritarian Pluralism. https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/fi...