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Originally Posted by Cherry7
A new study from Princeton spells bad news for American democracy?namely, that it no longer exists.
The central point that emerges from our research is that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy," they write, "while mass-based interest groups and average citizens have little or no independent influence."
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We should expect such a conclusion from a socialist lefty such as yourself. Its hard to lose something you never had.
The United States was founded as a Representative Republic not a Democracy. It is closer to a Democracy now than it was at the founding.