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Comments by "Al Loomis" (@alloomis1635) on "Are We Fighting Revolutionary War AGAIN?" video.
usa is not a democracy, and never was. it might have become a democracy, but when it was suggested to him, roosevelt vetoed it. he was a professional politician, engaged in hosing down rebellion with very limited social support measures, but no revolutionary.
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"but we have elections!" elections are not democracy. you live in an oligarchy, with cosmetic lies about its function. you can figure this out, for yourself, simply by reading the constitution. and looking around you. or you can consult a recent vlog published by princeton university, doing a statistical comparison of public opinion vs government activity. result was a graph showing zero connection. zero connection with the wishes of the lower 90% of usa. very good correlation with the rich 10% . this is a stunning demonstration of plutocracy. yet if you trouble yourself to read documents from the founding of the nation, you discover that surprise is not appropriate. madison said his constitution would deliver that result, and it has.
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voting for politicians is not democracy. democracy means 'citizen rule.' not politician rule.
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