I’m definitely aware of that framing and I think it’s really important to talk about the ways in which our laws and policies serve the most financially powerful. I’ve spent a lot of time recently thinking about how I’m not who that 248-year-old version of democracy was made for and yet the people most like our founding fathers are the ones trying to dismantle it while the people you say the founders were trying to appease are the ones fighting to protect it. I think that’s a pretty significant piece of this equation. I really appreciate you engaging and also sharing these resources, Ed.
We're a republic (another name for "oligarchy") -- "democratic" in the original documents was to appease the peasants, indentured servants and the like. "Voting" is a pressure valve release; policy / legislation is determined, however, by ...
I’m definitely aware of that framing and I think it’s really important to talk about the ways in which our laws and policies serve the most financially powerful. I’ve spent a lot of time recently thinking about how I’m not who that 248-year-old version of democracy was made for and yet the people most like our founding fathers are the ones trying to dismantle it while the people you say the founders were trying to appease are the ones fighting to protect it. I think that’s a pretty significant piece of this equation. I really appreciate you engaging and also sharing these resources, Ed.
We're a republic (another name for "oligarchy") -- "democratic" in the original documents was to appease the peasants, indentured servants and the like. "Voting" is a pressure valve release; policy / legislation is determined, however, by ...
How the Dominance of Politics by the Affluent & Business ... https://www.demos.org/sites/default/files/publications/StackedDeck-Factsheet.pdf
Democracy Erodes from the Top: Misperceptions about the Populist Challenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRIWzXH6a-8