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Actually this is the first year I get to vote and I am thoroughly depressed with my options, it's the whole reason why I've lost faith in our electoral system.The terms invalid we elect or officials (maybe except for you I feel you’re the type who doesn’t vote then complains when elections are over and the elected official isn’t who you wanted) unless you’re saying the elections are rigged I remember trump saying that expecting Hillary to win but when it ended up Trump getting the win dems wanted to say the same thing and ended not finding any evidence. So why do you say it’s plutocracy?
Copying and pasting these from different sources on the web as to why the US is a plutocracy because I simply don't care enough to write you an essay.
- Yes, without a doubt, America is a plutocracy.
When the wealthy and the corporations can buy congressmen and presidents, that is a plutocracy.
When someone is a lobbyist for a corporation one day and a regulator of that same industry the next day, that is a plutocracy.
When the poor and middle class are ignored outright because they can't afford to contribute to election campaigns, that is plutocracy.
Yes, America is a plutocracy. Our Civics books have it wrong.
- The media empires are also part of that plutocracy. Voters are mostly influenced by what they hear from the corporate controlled media. Media guides voters to and from candidates based on how they decide to report on them.
In the past, freedom of the press was associated with state control over media. But today the focus needs to be on corporate control over the media. Can such a thing as freedom of the press exist when its under total corporate control? - America is run by lobbyists and political action committees (PACs). They have lots and lots of money, so in that sense, yes, the wealthy control America. Also, we have the issue of electronic voting machines. They are rigged. So, we need to limit lobbyists ability to bribe our politicians, and we need to get rid of electronic voting machines. Only then will we have a chance at our country being a government that is "of the people, by the people, for the people".
https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites...testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf Here's an 18-page study if you want to read it.
Essentially, corporations have their hands in every facet of US "democracy"
- They control our media and influence our votes.
- They donate vast sums to politicians they want to win and to convince politicians to support their interests (lobbying).
- It is virtually impossible to get anywhere in politics without very good connections or a lot of money, or both. Most politicians tend to make 6 figure salaries.
Look at the recent elections in Kentucky (this type of stuff happens all across the US as well), look at voter-id laws, look at the way felons are unable to vote, look up the Southern Strategy, look up Gerrymandering. These are all tactics that politicians use to circumvent the will of the people (especially marginalized people), we will not live in a true Democracy until shit like what happened in Kentucky doesn't happen, we will not live in a true democracy until we abolish the Plutocracy.
If you ignore everything else I've listed, just check out this video. It's very compelling
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