I have moved my activities to http://democracy4citizens.com/
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 If these elected officials of the US citizenry no longer represent those citizens; if instead they chiefly represent the interests of this owning class; the United States is not a democracy.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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