🚀 go-pugleaf

USA - A Plutocracy NOT a Republic or a Democracy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutocracy

Plutocracy

>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A plutocracy is a form of government where all the state's decisions
are centralized in an affluent wealthy class of citizenry, and the
degree of economic inequality is high while the level of social
mobility is low. This can apply to a multitude of government systems,
as the key elements of plutocracy transcend and often occur
concomitantly with the features of those systems. The word plutocracy
itself is derived from the ancient Greek root ploutos, meaning wealth.

...  Kevin Phillips, author and political stategist to U.S. President
Richard Nixon, argues that the United States is a plutocracy in which
there has been "the fusion of money and government" [1]

Plutocracies typically emerge as one of the first governing systems
within a territory after a period of anomie...Plutocracy is closely
related to aristocracy as a form of government, since wealth and high
social status have been closely associated throughout history.
...

The second usage of plutocracy is a pejorative reference to the great
and undue influence the wealthy have on the political process in
contemporary society. This influence can be exerted positively (by
financial "contributions" or in some cases, bribes) or negatively by
refusing to financially support the government (refusing to pay taxes,
threatening to move profitable industries elsewhere, etc). It can also
be exerted by the owners and ad buyers of media properties which can
shape public perception of political issues (e.g. Rupert Murdoch's News
Corp's alleged political agendas in Australia, the UK[4] and the United
States... and the Oil Industry oligarchy which may back right-leaning
PACS).
...

==========

Millions of fools have misled to believe that the USA is a republic or
a democracy. Such is not the case. In the USA it no longer matters who
the people vote for. Those who "count" the votes don't care about truth
or justice, they only want more and more and more money and power. They
are out of control. A tree is known for it's fruit. Their little
minions in the white house and pentagon have had  tens of thousands of
women and children slaughtered with their thousands of bombs that they
dropped on a city of 6 million people (Baghdad).

Those who lead the USA are the true terrorists, who by their greed,
extreme ignorance and lack of respect for human life - threaten the
whole world.

KB




"We're not a democracy. It's a terrible misunderstanding and a
slander to the idea of democracy to call us that. In reality, we're a
plutocracy: a government by the wealthy."  Ramsey Clark, former U.S.
Attorney General

=
"Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is
the tyranny of mere wealth,
the tyranny of plutocracy" John Pierpont Morgan

=

"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed
corporations, which dare
already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid
defiance to the laws of our
country."   Thomas Jefferson

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Some good sources for news

(warning - those who like and are accustomed to fox/cnn/and other
billionaire controlled hogwash outlets, probably may not like them)

http://www.commondreams.org
http://democracynow.org
http://alternet.org
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info
http://anti-war.com
http://www.independent.co.uk
http://caracasnews.com
http://www.guardian.co.uk