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Jimmy Carter: The U.S. Is an “Oligarchy With Unlimited Political Bribery” (theintercept.com)

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[-] asg101@hexbear.net 15 points 10 months ago

Oligarchy is baked into the U.S. constitution. Only rich (land-owning) White Males had any say. The Senate (mostly wealthy) has a permanent veto over any real power sharing. Oligarchy is nothing new in the USA, they have just added window dressing to make people THINK it ever was a democracy.

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