Thread: The USA is just an Oligarchy with unlimited political bribery

And the same thing applies to governors, and U.S. Senators and congress members. So, now we've just seen a subversion of our political system as a payoff to major contributors, who want and expect, and sometimes get, favors for themselves after the election is over. ... At the present time the incumbents, Democrats and Republicans, look upon this unlimited money as a great benefit to themselves. Somebody that is already in Congress has a great deal more to sell.
@Kirkland Laing @Gandalf @El Kabong @Spicoli

........ the U.S. is an oligarchy, no democratic country, at all. American democracy is a sham, no matter how much it's pumped by the oligarchs who run the country (and who control the nation's 'news' media).

If it is, then it is more so now than it has been in the past

Originally Posted by el kabong

if it is, then it is more so now than it has been in the past

abso-freaking-lutely

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

Originally Posted by el kabong

if it is, then it is more so now than it has been in the past

abso-freaking-lutely

Go back to Turkey, now there is a beautiful country, no corruption their.

Originally Posted by walrus

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

Originally Posted by el kabong

if it is, then it is more so now than it has been in the past

abso-freaking-lutely

Go back to Turkey, now there is a beautiful country, no corruption their.

Im not arguing a mutually exclusive argument here. In no way does what I wrote imply that Turkey ---that great CESS POOL ---- is not corrupt or should be compared to the US or any other country.

I always hate the argument "If you don't like it, then move to Cuba, China, Turkey (whatever country is deemed sinister)". It would be far better if people were allowed to stay, point out the flaws, and then have a society function based on how things can be improved for everybody. The 'you are either with us or against us' line is such a monkey brained cliche. They say it as though the oligarchs really are at one with the general populace. The title of the thread is true, though I would term it a plutocracy. I know it sounds harsh, but if the US did what it did and kept to itself I wouldn't mind so much. The problem is that it is exporting this insidious ideology around the world and that is where puppet states likewise adopt barbaric neo liberal mania economic policies, support illegal wars, help to rendition etc. It isn't just about America, it is that people in Turkey are likewise affected by the unchecked power. Brock could go to Turkey, but the crazed oligarchs are globalists. Unfortunately going away isn't a solution. Everywhere has central banks and Starbucks etc. Funnily enough North Korea doesn't have a central bank and I don't think Starbucks has caught on. In some ways they are pretty progressive. "Bugger off to North Korea then". Sigh.

Putin was shootin' and now he be lootin'!

But I'll be hooking up with @walrus before I leave Queens, NY --- Jersey City, NJ ghetto inner city urban illegal immigrant crumbling 150-year old infrastructure rat race 27 million people in 20 square miles.

When I was 9, 10, my college age cousin's all loved Heart. They played Missoula, Bozeman all the time.