Princeton Study Declares U.S. government an Oligarchy

[morfeeis]

"Despite past researchers suggesting that policy changes are the result of “collective preferences” or that liberalism and conservatism in policies is representative of the views of citizens, the Princeton study suggests “that reality is best captured by mixed theories in which both individual economic elites and organized interest groups (including corporations, largely owned and controlled by wealthy elites) play a substantial part in affecting public policy, but the general public has little or no independent influence.”

The researchers findings also indicate that even when a majority of citizens disagree with the economic elite, and call for policy change, they rarely get it. The researchers blame “the strong status quo bias built into the U.S. political system.”

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So those in power keep their power, shocking!

 

[Andy]

Sounds accurate to me. It operates according to the golden rule: He who has the gold makes the rules.

 

[morfeeis]

sad but true my friend....

hehe, i can quote now.