That doesn't work anymore. >Public Opinion Has "near-zero" Impact On U.S. Law. >Professors Martin Gilens (Princeton University) and Benjamin I. Page (Northwes

That doesn't work anymore. >Public Opinion Has "near-zero" Impact On U.S. Law. >Professors Martin Gilens (Princeton University) and Benjamin I. Page (Northwestern University)’s study found that the number of Americans for or against any idea has no impact on the likelihood that Congress will make it law. >One thing that does have an influence? Money. >While the opinions of the bottom 90% of income earners in America have a “statistically non-significant impact,” economic elites, business interests, and people who can afford lobbyists still carry major influence. https://represent.us/americas-corruption-problem/ https://represent.us/americas-corruption-problem/ America is a republic only on paper. It's a de facto oligarchy. I mean look at how TurboTax, Intuit, H&R Block have been able for decades to keep the IRS from doing our taxes for us. Literal rent seeking behavior and the only people it benefits are the tax filing companies. Literally everyone else in America loses. https://sunlightfoundation.com/2013/04/15/tax-preparers-lobby-heavily-against-simple-filing/ https://sunlightfoundation.com/2013/04/15/tax-preparers-lobb... The biggest trick capitalism ever pulled is convincing people that it's not a system of government where whoever has the most money, rules. The plague of rampant regulatory capture just further proves it.