> Campaign donations are a powerful motivator but they lose to real public pressure every time. It is actually exactly the opposite [1]. The US is a country c

> Campaign donations are a powerful motivator but they lose to real public pressure every time. It is actually exactly the opposite [1]. The US is a country controlled by oligarchs. "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." [1] http://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/Gilens%20homepage%20materials/Gilens%20and%20Page/Gilens%20and%20Page%202014-Testing%20Theories%203-7-14.pdf http://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/Gilens%20homepage%20materi...