If a shark tries to eat a jellyfish, the latter reacts by moving away. Simply reacting to negative stimuli is what a jellyfish does. Sensing that there is a problem and reacting is not enough. However, it cannot be all that we do if we want to create a change. We want the pain to go away and act to make that happen. Many activists want to rush right out and protest. We see a child suffering with cancer caused by some corporation dumping toxic waste near her home and have an emotional reaction. This is especially true with a social injustice. When compassionate people sense a problem, they want to jump in and fix it. The purpose of this book is to transform the US plutocracy into a democracy. In the United States, the wealthy 1 percent, and the wealthier 0.1 percent, pay for the campaigns of the vast majority of the candidates in Senate, House and Presidential races.¹ If the majority of these elected officials do not represent a nation’s citizens, if instead they chiefly represent the interests of one affluent class, that nation is not a democracy. International Democracy or Global Oligarchy Tools for Determining the Steps of Campaigns The Basic Elements of Comprehensive Strategy The Players: 1 Percent, 0.1 Percent and 99 Percentĭoing Business, Making Money, Causing Harm
May he and his generation someday inherit a democratic nation.
To my son Julian, who always presents me with new books and new ideas. To my mother Alice, who has pushed me to write something for my entire life. To my wife Janet, whose love and organizational skills have informed my life and work. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.
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This book will show you how to awaken democracy.Īll rights reserved. We have the tools given to us by the authors of our constitution, the intelligence to organize in our defense and the numbers of citizens to accomplish our objective. Presidential candidates are billionaires or, with few exceptions, backed by billionaires.īut we can claim our government from the plutocrats. In our America, the Senate is dominated by members of the 1 percent.
They encourage division to keep us fighting for scraps rather than uniting to demand that our government represent us and prevent corporate or class misconduct. As they become wealthier, the rest of us become poorer as our well-paying jobs are replaced with less lucrative ones. They have reduced their taxes from 70 percent to 37 percent over 35 years, leaving our children with a debt of 23 trillion dollars. The richest 1 percent control more wealth than the bottom 90 percent combined. They are able to commit these offenses because the government, which is meant to protect its citizens, is controlled by them and refuses to effectively regulate their activity. They periodically crash the US economy through irresponsible investment devices, then use our taxes to bail them out. They cause opioid deaths in the tens of thousands, sell commercial airplanes that they know have dangerous technical faults causing thousands more deaths, hire thugs to murder international labor organizers and rainforest activists, and numerous other assaults on the people. The results of such a system is that corporations damage the environment through global warming, pollution and habitat destruction.
The United States is not a democracy it is a plutocracy. A political system controlled by a wealthy elite is a plutocracy. If the rich control the decisions of our government, they are our rulers, not co-equal citizens. This is only one method of legalized bribery where the elite funnels money to politicians. Our representatives are in fact political servants of this class. In the United States, the wealthy 1 percent, and the wealthier 0.1 percent, pay for the campaigns of the vast majority of the candidates in Senate, House and Presidential races.Īs a result, these candidates, once elected, serve that elite group. If the majority of these elected officials do not represent a nation's citizens, if instead they chiefly represent the interests of one affluent class, that nation is not a democracy. A democracy is a system of government by the eligible members of a nation, typically through elected representatives.
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