Americans have no power over the US Government.
But the government has power over us. How does democracy work?
This page is a permanent link to the reply below and its nested replies. See all post replies »
sree251 · 41-45, M
@soar2newhighs Capitalist money power against blood of patriots? Is this how democracy works? Why are American capitalists and American patriots not aligned? Do they have different visions for the welfare of Americans?
@sree251 Blood of tyrants too. The OP raises the question. Actually the government is to serve the people not the people serving government.
Nothing says capitalists are all about the people. More about $$$?
They might well have different visions for the welfare of the citizens.
Nothing says capitalists are all about the people. More about $$$?
They might well have different visions for the welfare of the citizens.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@soar2newhighs [quote] Blood of tyrants too. [/quote]
Democracies are for avoidance of tyrants ruling society. How do they sneak into a democracy?
Democracies are for avoidance of tyrants ruling society. How do they sneak into a democracy?
@sree251 In the case of the U.S. we are a Constitutional Republic. Whether a Republic of a Democracy many ways tyrants work themselves into systems of government.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@soar2newhighs [quote] Nothing says capitalists are all about the people. More about $$$?
They might well have different visions for the welfare of the citizens. [/quote]
Would you say that a citizen with more $$$$ has more political power than the average citizen?
They might well have different visions for the welfare of the citizens. [/quote]
Would you say that a citizen with more $$$$ has more political power than the average citizen?
@sree251 There’s the adage…” money talks…
sree251 · 41-45, M
@soar2newhighs [quote] ” money talks… [/quote]
In that case, a capitalist democracy - which is what the US is - is an oxymoron because the top 1% control the supply of all the oxygen in the room in which the other 99% of Americans are trapped.
In that case, a capitalist democracy - which is what the US is - is an oxymoron because the top 1% control the supply of all the oxygen in the room in which the other 99% of Americans are trapped.
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@sree251 As opposed to socialism, where the top 1% control the oxygen in the room in which the other 99% are trapped?
sree251 · 41-45, M
@sunsporter1649 Can you cite where in the world has socialism been practised and worked the way you claim?
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
sree251 · 41-45, M
@sunsporter1649 Is Cuba practicing socialism? Why should they practice a western ideology?