Is the United States of America a Democracy or a Corporate Oligarchy?

[peoli]

I can't tell anymore... Is my vote equal to Monsanto's vote?

Democracy

Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens participate equally—either directly or through elected representatives—in the proposal, development, and creation of laws. It encompasses social, economic and cultural conditions that enable the free and equal practice of political self-determination.


Corporate Oligarchy

Corporate oligarchy is a form of power, governmental or operational, where such power effectively rests with a small, elite group of inside individuals, sometimes from a small group of educational institutions, or influential economic entities or devices, such as banks, commercial entities, lobbyists that act in complicity with, or at the whim of the oligarchy, often with little or no regard for constitutionally protected prerogative. Monopolies are sometimes granted to state-controlled entities, such as the Royal Charter granted to the East India Company, or privileged bargaining rights to unions (labor monopolies) with very partisan political interests. Today's multinational corporations function as corporate oligarchies with influence over democratically elected officials.

[coldmountain]

1. It's the capitalist empire that that took over from the British Empire

[JaneyVee]

2. It's scary because the ultra wealthy have given up on America, yet

They are still ultra obsessed with controlling our entire political system.

[TransitJohn]

3. Inverted totalitarian state. eom

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