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2016 Postmortem

Warren Stupidity

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20. The executive branch is less of a problem.

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #14)

Sat Aug 20, 2016, 08:16 PM

Aug 2016

Congress is the core problem. As it was in the gilded age, it is once again subservient to the oligarchs. Many house seats are basically uncontested appointments. The Senate skews power away from urban centers to less populated states that are readily dominated by big money.

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What sort of clowns say that the US is an oligarchy? [View all] Warren Stupidity Aug 2016 OP

Insane to deny facts cali Aug 2016 #1

Jimmy Carter For One Me. Aug 2016 #2

Just another Juggalo. nt villager Aug 2016 #8

I think the derision about the term "oligarchy" came from its ignorant overuse. Squinch Aug 2016 #3

That is absurd cali Aug 2016 #4

Links? Squinch Aug 2016 #5

..... cali Aug 2016 #6

OK, yes. There were three people in that thread who denied that we ar an oligarchy. Squinch Aug 2016 #9

I agree Cary Aug 2016 #24

it's more like a huge militaristic war machine SheriffBob Aug 2016 #7

O'Ligarchy? griloco Aug 2016 #10

The person (not OP) who started this divisive shit-storm did no Democrat any good at this time. nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #11

We aren't an oligarchy. We're a plutocracy, turning into a theocratic, fascist plutocracy. Feeling the Bern Aug 2016 #12

Only if Democrats don't Get Out The Vote to vote against the Mango Mussolini. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #14

The executive branch is less of a problem. Warren Stupidity Aug 2016 #20

Huh? I mentioned or thought nothing of the primaries. I'm not rehashing old battles Feeling the Bern Aug 2016 #26

I'd say our political system has been corrupted by the money of the rich and powerful. jalan48 Aug 2016 #13

Here's another "dummy": Former Secy of Labor Robert Reich, from two years ago AikidoSoul Aug 2016 #15

Whatever word you use to describe it...especially since SCOTUS passed Citizens United, the judesedit Aug 2016 #16

bernie sanders msongs Aug 2016 #17

We all pay for it by keeping this status quo, and it's not gonna change until we do. jtuck004 Aug 2016 #18

The Clowns at Stanford, That's Who! montex Aug 2016 #19

THANK YOU! I was looking for that study! Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #21

By definition those clowns are clowns. Warren Stupidity Aug 2016 #22

Noam Chomsky calls it a Plutocracy but his description easily fits the Oligarchy definition too. Ford_Prefect Aug 2016 #23

Some of the same people who got booted or left the site because they said exactly the same thing. TalkingDog Aug 2016 #25