29-02-2016, 06:58 AM
Yeah, What little Democracy we had in the USA ended in the 60's and the USA has steadily become an Oligarchy, run by the ultra-rich individuals, banks and corporations [who are usually so intertwined they are one]. One dollar, one vote is how it works out and that concept was approved by the Supreme Court. Throw in the electronic voting machines which have all but taken over, plus the control of who gets to even run and limiting to two parties which are one.....and the Citizen gets NO vote - no real say except perhaps in some limited level on the local level. This trend is slowly coming to Europe now too. It has long been the preferred way of running many governments in the rest of the World and promoted by the 'colonial' powers. I would suggest holding a funeral for Democracy at some point - only a few small quaint nations still practice this lost concept.
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass