You don’t matter. And you’re not special. And you’re not unique
A startling new political science study concludes that corporate interests and mega wealthy individuals control U.S. policy to such a degree that “the preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.”
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The solution, say the scholars, is a reinvigorated and engaged electorate.
Well, the corporations are safe then. Even if we could get the electorate more excited about their lives than the lives of the Kardashians, if voting made a difference, it’d be illegal.
August 14th, 2014 at 12:45 am
I seemed to remember how France solved this same problem back in the 1790’s
August 14th, 2014 at 9:38 am
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.”
John Adams, 1814
When American school kids learn about Greece and Rome, the lessons don’t include their eventual catastrophic failures. Athens, in particular, was led by suicidal mobs. Just like us.
August 14th, 2014 at 4:28 pm
Yep. Welcome to Rome, circa 410 AD.
August 17th, 2014 at 10:46 pm
“A startling new political science study concludes that corporate interests and mega wealthy individuals control U.S. policy”
Startling?
What political scientist DOESN’T know that this is the normal state of affairs and has been true since the Founding.
Those with the money have the power. Duh.