No doubt the journalist Cheryl. K. Chumley seems to think that this piece of information is startling news. 'America is no longer a a democracy - never mind the democratic republic envisioned by founding Fathers. Rather it has taken a turn down Elitist Lane and become a country led by a small dominant class comprised of powerful members who exert total control over the general population - an Oligarchy, said a new study jointly conducted by Princeton and NothWestern Universities. One finding in the study: the US government now represents the rich and powerful, not the average citizen, United Press International reported.' (Washington Times, 21 April) Far from being a recent development of course, this situation of the owning class being in economic and political control has always existed in the USA.RD
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