Reuters Calls It Like it Is: Individual Billionaires Rule America – Investment Watch
America isn’t even run by big business anymore. It’s individual billionaires calling all the shots. As per a Reuters article, America is officially an oligarchy, or a plutocracy, whatever you may want to call this system. How come, you asked? Well, according to the “common” wisdom, politicians on both sides are supposed to represent the people who voted for them. That’s how a pseudo-democracy is supposed to work; see, the United States of America is not a democracy per se, because people don’t vote directly for the president. There’s the elector system and all that. And, like ...