Same "Ol ... in 2024.

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   Kathryn L Hillposted 3 years ago

   Is it likely that the same two old men will be battling it out in 2024?
   We would all love to behold new and capable contenders, but where are they?
   Unfortunately, the rich and powerful determine who gets the opportunity to run for president. We no longer have a naturally produced selection of good leaders to choose from.
   
   At some point, will voting become irrelevant?
   
   As with Putin ... "People, people, why vote? You know I will win again.
   Let me take that burden off you!"

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      Fayetteville Fayeposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      our government has become a system of legalized bribery, as the undue influence of money, mainly corporate money, has corrupted our democracy.
      Due to the  influence of money on our political system, our politicians now do more to serve corporate interests than humanitarian ones, to advocate for short-term profit maximization for huge corporate entities before the health, well-being and security of the American people and the planet on which we live.
      There's a word for a situation in which a small group of people control most of the resources and exercise most of the power in a country: oligarchy.
      The multi-billionaire donor class is not sweating it out for the sake of the average American, and the very existence of such an economic class system bears the fingerprints of a government that systematically  has turned its back on its people. When we're not allowed to seriously consider a 3 percent wealth tax on billionaires, yet cannot raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, the American people have a problem. Their needs are not being ignored; they are being assaulted.
      
      The people deserve a president who sides unequivocally with their interests. It won't always make him popular with everyone, but that shouldn't matter.
      
      The US is dominated by a rich and powerful elite.
      
      So concludes a recent study by Princeton University Prof Martin Gilens and Northwestern University Prof Benjamin I Page
      Here's how they explain it:
      
      Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organised groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on US government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.
      
      In English: the wealthy few move policy, while the average American has little power.
      
      Not sure who fits the bill.

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      Credence2posted 3 years agoin reply to this

      This is one instance where I agree with you.

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         Kathryn L Hillposted 3 years agoin reply to this

         Yes, the parties of the people have a common problem.
         How to fix it by us low-money people, I do not know.

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   Kathryn L Hillposted 3 years ago

   Clamping down on the formation of monopolies, (already illegal,) might be one way to fix the problem.

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   Readmikenowposted 3 years ago

   All I can say is many things can change in two years.  It may be a bit too early to tell what situation our country will be facing.  biden is not at all popular with many influential democrats.

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