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Title: The United States Is An Oligarchy And It's Not Because of Communists
Post by: atomic7732 on April 17, 2014, 10:35:06 PM

http://www.policymic.com/articles/87719/princeton-concludes-what-kind-of-government-america-really-has-and-it-s-not-a-democracy

(hint, hint, capitalism)

Is hard-earned money an incentive for running the country? Is running a country incentive to make money in the mobile system that is capitalism? Apparently so.

Title: Re: The United States Is An Oligarchy And It's Not Because of Communists
Post by: Dan Dixon on April 17, 2014, 11:08:11 PM

Yeah... fascinating study.
And it's the fault of both parties, Democrats and Republicans.

Along these lines, a highly recommended interview with Matt Taibii on why Wall Street executives can launder $850 million dollars for drug cartels and just pay a fine (no jail time), but a black man caught with a couple grams of marijuana (less than $30 worth) goes to jail.

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/15/who_goes_to_jail_matt_taibbi