sith@lemmy.zip to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoHas the USA turned into an oligarchy?message-squaremessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1357arrow-down118file-text
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minus-squareHegar@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up112·5 days agoThere was a study from Princeton showing that no major policy has aligned with public opinion since the civil rights era. There is no measurable way that our government has reflected the will of the majority in over 50 years.
minus-squareAndrewZabar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-25 days agoSomeone also did the other side where they tied policy- and law-making to benefiting the ultra rich. I do not recall source so I can’t provide that, but I did read the paper at one time a few years ago. It was legit.
minus-squareYawweee877h444@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up57·5 days agoLink to paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B Older BBC article about it: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746
There was a study from Princeton showing that no major policy has aligned with public opinion since the civil rights era.
There is no measurable way that our government has reflected the will of the majority in over 50 years.
Someone also did the other side where they tied policy- and law-making to benefiting the ultra rich. I do not recall source so I can’t provide that, but I did read the paper at one time a few years ago. It was legit.
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Link to paper:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B
Older BBC article about it:
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746
Thank you!