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In reply to the discussion: US Is an Oligarchy Not a Democracy, says Scientific Study [View all]defacto7
(13,485 posts)98. This is the definition
of the United States of America circa 2014 without the hesitation of a doubt.
I find it hard to use the name "United States of America" for the country we now live in.
The founders of United States of America are no longer the founders of this country.
The people who have fought, bled and died for the United States of America did not do so for this country.
The people who have stood for freedom, human rights and civil liberties since the 18th century stood for a different country than we now have.
It may be time to change the name.
Or it may be time to take our country back from those who staged this slow rolling coup d'etat which has engulfed us.
The American Anschluß, and we just let them take it?
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Yep, I think that is a root cause. Until it hits home with more people, many see
RKP5637
Apr 2014
#82
Nor was there any attempt to protect the protesters from the brutality of the robo cops even after
sabrina 1
Apr 2014
#16
If a storm blows down your home, do you wait to have it reappear overnight, OR....
Junkdrawer
Apr 2014
#20
I have. Great book. My wife's a theater historian and found it doubly interesting....
Junkdrawer
Apr 2014
#95
Saying you are glad you are old ..is a cop out. More reason to do something about the prob.
YOHABLO
Apr 2014
#75
Interesting. Somehow we knew this but a statistical analysis strengthens the assertion.
geckosfeet
Apr 2014
#6
Well, you are selecting someone to carry out the wishes of the economic elite.
geckosfeet
Apr 2014
#10
I can't thank you enough, Junkdrawer and xchrom. The Age of Uncertainty makes it all clear.
hedda_foil
Apr 2014
#99
A little work with YTD Video Downloader, and I had an 11 hour audiobook....
Junkdrawer
Apr 2014
#101
When the Banksters steal $16 Trillion and not a single one goes to jail, there's proof.
Octafish
Apr 2014
#21
Michael Parenti makes that same point over and over. In fact a Big Worry...
Junkdrawer
Apr 2014
#107
Yep. The oligarchs wanted Barack Obama to be president, so they simply installed him.
Nye Bevan
Apr 2014
#23
That may be the fact but it was because it gave them another issue to gather the idiots around -
jwirr
Apr 2014
#32
The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Know The Gig Is Up Without Voter Suppression
cantbeserious
Apr 2014
#37
50 acres today is nothing for a farmer. You can't do much with 50 acres today.
JDPriestly
Apr 2014
#86
The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us
cantbeserious
Apr 2014
#36
This study might explain this one: Americans are more liberal than the policies we get
RainDog
Apr 2014
#40
True. But, it's kinda hard to get suckers to fight to "spread oligarchy", or "save oligarchy".
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2014
#48
true, as it now stands.. but if the populace got together as oneand voted en mass, the kochs would
dionysus
Apr 2014
#52
Much More is needed than voting. I mean, every four years we get to "Choose"
truedelphi
Apr 2014
#79
but if everyone voted we could rule the primaries and get the right candidates
dionysus
Apr 2014
#113
Shocking! Like I always say. The most important vote you make is with your money & time.
raouldukelives
Apr 2014
#53
The principles of protecting SS and taxing the wealthy poll overwhelming favorability . . .
pa28
Apr 2014
#57
I don't need a study . I have lived here for 66 years. I see democracy in other countries and then
geretogo
Apr 2014
#67
Thanks . We here in Jackson County Oregon are in a battle right as to whether we have the right to
geretogo
Apr 2014
#89
we let the billionaires blast the country with 1200 coordinated radio stations for 25 years and
certainot
Apr 2014
#93