The USA always claims that they have the world's finest democracy but the recent mid-term elections, which was an all-time expensive one, show what a sham this claim really is. 'There was $3.7 billion spent mostly on publicity and 55% of this was spent by "special groups", who do not need to reveal who they are and certainly don't want to publicise it." (BBC News, 5 November) So while the US capitalist class lecture the rest of the world about the glories of US democracy they secretly fund their own special interests behind the backs of the electorate. A strange sort of democracy wherein the rich with their immense wealth manipulate the elections.
The Glasgow & Edinburgh Branches Blog. Towards a better understanding of the world, in order to change it.
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