Originally Posted by Foolosophy

well done White fox - I see that the US propaganda system is working very well and has managed to install special hearing filters into most of its citizens' ears.

I suggest that you worte to any Politics department in any of the reputable Universities in the USa and send them your deluded definition of what a democracy is. And also ask then what TERM best describes the Political system in the USA today.

And the interest groups you highlight are not some sort of grass roots democratic movement - they represent private corporations, for example:

the health insurance companies (there are more health insurance company spin doctors than there are members of congress)

the gun lobbies

right wing religious freaks

the fossil fuel and nuclear energy spin doctors

AND least but not least - the private corporations that construct all those weapons that the USA needs o sell and dump onto everyone in the world.

Dont forget the Jewish lobby groups (less than 1% of Americans are Jewish and yet their influence in Washington is disproportionate). Why are Israeli nationsla the ONLY american citizens that can have DUAL citizenship in the USA? Why Is Israel the biggest receiver of US foreign aid today?

Lobby and interest groups? Yes we all know who they represent dont we - AND its not the average American otherwise ALL americans would have free health cover and free educations systems - AND THEIR VOTES WOULDNT BE DISCOUNTED IN FLORIDA BECAUSE OF CONNECTIONS IN THE SUPREME COURT BY A TEXAN GOVERNOR - WHO WILL REMAIN NAMELESS!

Noone in Academia describes the USA as a democracy - its a Plutocratic Oligarchy at best!

Just accept it - its the first step needed for the USA to change in a positve way