What Bernie Is Talking About - We Are Not A Democracy Any More

[scottie55]

According to a study by Princeton.

"The central point that emerges from our research is that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy," they write, "while mass-based interest groups and average citizens have little or no independent influence."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/princeton-experts-say-us-no-longer-democracy

[valerief]

1. Right. He used the O word tonight. Called us an oligarchy. nt

[Kelvin Mace]

2. I have repeatedly said we are a de facto police state

and have been since the Patriot Act was passed in 2001