Tag: Democracy
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THE DAMAGE OLIGARCHS DO
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What does oligarchy actually mean? It is a conceptual form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people distinguished by wealth, education, corporate, religious, or political power. In the US, it means those who have been able to amass vast wealth. The economic system has been modified to serve them.…
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WHAT WOULD PUTIN DO?
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Trump’s narcissistic wet dream is to have power like the men he admires most. His father was a Nazi. Trump kept speeches by Adolf Hitler by his bedside. He dreams of being able to throttle the rule of law and his enemies like his heroes Hitler, Mao, Kim Jong-un, and Orban. Knowing how to game…
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WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
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There is consensus among key leaders who believe that we are nearing the end of the American Experience and our constitutional form of government. They fear that a democracy ‘Of By and For The People’ is about to fail under the heel of authoritarianism. They acknowledge that a large percentage of the American voting population…
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FINDING LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
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Thumb Butte seems to be waiting for heavy wet snow this morning. Some of its cracks and crevices are already highlighted by tendrils of white. The sun is hidden behind thick clouds that moved in during the night. They reflect the rays of sunlight away from the land and hopeful thoughts of warmth. The town…
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THE WHACK-A-MOLE SYSTEM THE FEDERAL RESERVE USES TO CONTROL INFLATION
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The Federal Reserve’s policies of raising interest rates to slow down the economy increases the cost of goods and services including food, clothing, shelter, and jobs. Middle-class Americans and the poor are already desperately struggling to survive in our economic system. Higher interest rates have added to escalating rates of child poverty, hunger, the destruction…
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GREED AND POWER CREATED A SYSTEM THAT BLOCKS ADVANCEMENT
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When I was visiting schools in India, rich and powerful people were afraid of an educated populace who would demand a say in how the country was run, and want a piece of the economic pie. They worried that educated people would take their power. In the USA, there were similar concerns directed at the…
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AMERICA MUST UPDATE ITS FLAWED GOVERNANCE
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The United States of America—We the People—must update our governmental systems or we will not be a democracy that reflects the will of the people. There is conclusive evidence that the system of government we practice now has been undermined and compromised. The world we live in today, is radically different than that of the…