Is this a surprise? Am I supposed to believe I have the same amount of influence over how Congress votes and what decisions the President makes as a billionaire has?
Is this even new? When America was founded, it was decided that "democracy" meant that only wealthy white men decide how things would be run. I assume everyone reading this is aware that in order to be a citizen and to vote you had to be:
- wealthy (own land)
- white (no people of color could vote)
- male (women could not vote)
This country's founding was based upon protecting the power of wealthy white men and that has never changed in our entire history. Not once. Nor will it ever change. The system is carefully designed to enable the wealthy to control the levers of power (e.g. electoral college and not majority vote; and no restrictions upon using money to control political power).
Is this even new? When America was founded, it was decided that "democracy" meant that only wealthy white men decide how things would be run. I assume everyone reading this is aware that in order to be a citizen and to vote you had to be: - wealthy (own land) - white (no people of color could vote) - male (women could not vote)
This country's founding was based upon protecting the power of wealthy white men and that has never changed in our entire history. Not once. Nor will it ever change. The system is carefully designed to enable the wealthy to control the levers of power (e.g. electoral college and not majority vote; and no restrictions upon using money to control political power).