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Oligarcy
  • musely November 2011 +1 -1
    After studying the U.S. government in college and talking to people who are servants of the U.S. government it is clear to me that the U.S. never had a democracy. Not only was the government never a democracy but it is was an Oligarchy. What is an Oligarchy? Oligarchy (from Greek ὀλιγαρχία, oligarkhía[1]) is a form of power structure in which power effectively rests with an elite class distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, commercial, and/or military legitimacy. (Wikipedia).
    Why is the occupy movement demanding a reinstate of a democracy? it does not appear that there ever was a democracy. Since the creation of the U.S. federal government, money played a role in creating a voting class. In order to vote one had to be a white male with $250 dollars in the bank. The requirement inherently created a ruling or "elite class".
    In order for the movement to strengthen itself I ask why are people not calling an apple an apple? America never had a true democracy. We had an oligarchy which functioned as a republic. The republic functioned as a democracy within the confines if its courts. Inside the courts was the only true place democracy took place. Asking for a democracy back is taking words out of context.
    Asking for America to be a democracy is asking for the fundamentals of the government to change. The oligarchy is to embedded in itself.The government must be either re-written or over written by a while new system. Who is up for re-writing the government into one that will be any better than the one we have?
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