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You could make a fairly strong argument that these days the US is not much of a representative democracy; and that it is more of an elite oligarchy which perfor
by olefoo 13y ago
You could make a fairly strong argument that these days the US is not much of a representative democracy; and that it is more of an elite oligarchy which performs a theater of democracy for public consumption. When overt criminal activity by elite institutions goes unpunished (see NSA, HSBC, Goldman Sachs, etc.) and popular movements for reform are crushed (Occupy) or coopted (Tea Party); it's hard to claim the moral high ground for our form of governance.
- dragonwriter 13y ago> You could make a fairly strong argument that these days the US is not much of a representative democracy; and that it is more of an elite oligarchy which performs a theater of democracy for public consumption. To the extent that you could make such an argument "these days", you could make an even stronger argument for the same thing at almost any time in the past history of the U.S.
- olefoo 13y agoWell, you could, but there are ebbs and flows. And right now the party of money seems to be riding roughshod over the party of the people.