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shanny

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9. Where you been?

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Fri Dec 15, 2017, 05:49 PM

Dec 2017

US has been an oligarchy for decades. Now it is just becoming apparent.

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Is Democracy Dying in the USA? [View all] MineralMan Dec 2017 OP

Democracy is dead. The involuntary movements jrthin Dec 2017 #1

Nope. You're wrong. MineralMan Dec 2017 #2

Ask a question like that, get an answer like this. Hortensis Dec 2017 #11

comatose? G_j Dec 2017 #3

Why are people on this site if they've given up? Bradshaw3 Dec 2017 #4

Democracy is in trouble but it is not dead Bradshaw3 Dec 2017 #5

Nope GulfCoast66 Dec 2017 #6

And in following your last sentence, guillaumeb Dec 2017 #28

It is ok to bloody people in pursuit or righteousness. Blue_true Dec 2017 #30

The problem with that comparison is that Republicans aren't nazis mythology Dec 2017 #32

So cutting food aid and medical care to poor children is not genocide? Blue_true Dec 2017 #34

Given absolute power I personally think they are capable of anything. Iahotdog Dec 2017 #38

Are you serious? Shitty ideas kill people in jrthin Dec 2017 #42

I think you need to zentrum Dec 2017 #44

i've read articles posted here stating that we are essentially a de facto oligarchy Takket Dec 2017 #7

A little support for your claim RandomAccess Dec 2017 #8

Where you been? shanny Dec 2017 #9

It's not dying, it's being murdered. nt WhiteTara Dec 2017 #10

What you said, MinMan Hekate Dec 2017 #12

It's hanging by a Mueller thread. If he gets fired, Democrats need to mobilize to get people on the OnDoutside Dec 2017 #13

Mueller can't save our democracy because the problem goes so much deeper than Donald Trump. StevieM Dec 2017 #14

He's the line in the sand that says the Institutions can put a halt on a maniacal President. If he OnDoutside Dec 2017 #15

Any semblance of democracy in our society was eviscerated following the 2000 presidential election. jcmaine72 Dec 2017 #16

Agreed!!! nt jrthin Dec 2017 #43

We need to get to work! spicysista Dec 2017 #17

Depressing... kentuck Dec 2017 #18

According to a study by two Princeton professors we are an oligarchy now, not a democracy. jalan48 Dec 2017 #19

As Long as the fuckng Republicans can maintain their wealth INdemo Dec 2017 #20

Started before Trump zentrum Dec 2017 #21

Well said. flying_wahini Dec 2017 #31

Suspending our plans to spend winter where we are mountain grammy Dec 2017 #22

Dedemocratization started 38 years in 1980 . I still remember Ronnie Rayguns words . " The problem geretogo Dec 2017 #23

Democracy has died before Jspur Dec 2017 #24

Winning states is where gerrymandering gets stopped cold & permanently. Independent commissions. nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2017 #25

Democracy is dying and we are the ones killing it. Voter turnout 1828-2012 spike jones Dec 2017 #26

People look for magic bullets when the solution is obvious. Blue_true Dec 2017 #33

Problem is to save it there has to be more than 5% of the public who are Eliot Rosewater Dec 2017 #27

The Republican Party. Blue_true Dec 2017 #29

"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for enough good folk to do nothing" struggle4progress Dec 2017 #35

No. Its being sorely tested ismnotwasm Dec 2017 #36

Duhhhh: Gabi Hayes Dec 2017 #37

Democracy lives. TomSlick Dec 2017 #39

It's been dead. We're an oligarchy, headed towards a kleptocracy n/t Blaukraut Dec 2017 #40

I hope the system is strong enough bdamomma Dec 2017 #41