The Free-Trade Regime: Oligarchy in Action
The United States is not really a democracy. That’s the (simplified) conclusion of a recent study from Princeton University.
oligarchy
Loosening the grip of oligarchy
…the next political phase of the campaign started by Occupy is now starting to emerge.
Simply calling the US an oligarchy is not enough
It’s not every day that an academic article in the arcane world of American political science makes headlines around the world, but then again, these aren’t normal days either.
Millennials and the Slave Economy
Similarities abound between today’s declining civic ethos and mid nineteenth century, pre Civil War era human flesh markets starting with America’s contemporary desperation class composed of minimum wage workers toiling in America’s most praised corporations (e.g. Wal-Mart & McDonalds) who need public sector-funded food stamps to make basic ends meet.