That's meant to sound like hard reality, but it is just glib. Poll results show that progressive issues are popular, but don't get enacted in law because we are

That's meant to sound like hard reality, but it is just glib. Poll results show that progressive issues are popular, but don't get enacted in law because we are more of an oligarchy than a democracy. Calling the US an oligarchy sounds dire, even extreme, but how else do you account for the divergence of issue popularity versus legislative performance? Even with elections, we are ruled by men with money, not the will of the people.