The focus of this site is a book that I have been working on whose working title is:
1) From Plutocracy to Democracy.
How
the United States is Run by a Wealthy Elite and What We Can Do to Advance
Democracy.
The premise is this:
The wealthy 1 percent, and the wealthier 0.1 percent
of our country, pay for the campaigns of almost all our nation’s candidates in
Senate, House and Presidential races. As a result, these candidates, once
elected, serve that elite group. Our representatives are best defined as
political servants of this class. Private campaign finance is only one method
of legalized bribery where the elite funnels money to politicians.
A democracy is a system of government by the
eligible members of a nation, typically through elected representatives. If
these elected officials of the US citizenry no longer represent those citizens;
if instead they chiefly represent the interests of this owning class; the
United States is not a democracy.
If the rich control the decisions of our government,
they are our rulers; not co-equal citizens. The definition of a political
system controlled by a wealthy elite is a plutocracy.
The United States is not a democracy; it is a
plutocracy.
The purpose of this book is to transform the US
plutocracy into a democracy.
I hope that those still using this forum will visit me at my new location and add their hopes and ideas.
Perry
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