100,000 dead Americans. One wrong president.

[vi-va]

I couldn’t be bothered to explain the intricacies of our system. Besides who says it is wrong for business via SIGs to influence legislators. Why must popular legislation always pass and become law? If that was the case, many such laws would do irreversible harm to the country.

Take offshore drilling as an example, SIGs have spent millions of dollars trying to influence our politicians over many decades - has it happened? No, but corruption...what-about SIGs...but system broken..

I can cite many such examples from tobacco, pharma, oil, MICs where big businesses spent billions and failed.

US politics is too nuanced and intricate for someone raised in an authoritarian system to understand.

Then tell me do you like the situation below?

 

[Mista]

I just watched this video, quite insightful.

 

[dbc]

Then tell me do you like the situation below?

why do you correlate democracy with income equality? Bizarre, we aren’t a communist state. Speaking of communism, FYI the income inequality in China is much more profound than the US.

the topic you raised is worthy of a PhD thesis in itself. I don’t have the time to dive into it.
A few thoughts:
1.The data you cite is based on tax records, generally daily wage earners in most cases do not report all of their income, particularly income in tips or cash payments.
2.The wages for the bottom 50% is always pressured by immigrants who are often prepared to accept much lower wages.
3. Most importantly, the data you cite excludes all state and federal benefits and as such your infographic exasperates the inequality and loses credibility.

 

[vi-va]

why do you correlate democracy with income equality? Bizarre, we aren’t a communist state. Speaking of communism, FYI the income inequality in China is much more profound than the US.

the topic you raised is worthy of a PhD thesis in itself. I don’t have the time to dive into it.
A few thoughts:
1.The data you cite is based on tax records, generally daily wage earners in most cases do not report all of their income, particularly income in tips or cash payments.
2.The wages for the bottom 50% is always pressured by immigrants who are often prepared to accept much lower wages.
3. Most importantly, the data you cite excludes all state and federal benefits and as such your infographic exasperates the inequality and loses credibility.

The difference between Democracy and Dictatorship is
Of the People, By the People, For the People
Of the Rich, By the Rich, For the Rich

What you just said contradicts with western democracy doctrine. I was told 1000 times in past decades that western democracy is way better than China's political system, and China will fall apart like USSR sooner or later.

Base on your theory, you had admitted that China can achieve much bigger progress in human history without western democracy. And you also predicted that China can sustain and will surpass US and even the whole western world combined. What's wrong with western democracy doctrine?

The real thing is not about western democracy at all. It's all about who will be in charge. The people or the plutocrats.

Throughout human history, people are ruled by elites which take bigger share of pie. Monarchy and capitalism are the same on economic term. Western democracy is the cover which give people the illusion that they are in charge, it never was. The western democracy use constitution, rule of law, fixed term election to grab legitimacy. After year by year propaganda, people believe in it, and stop challenging the SYSTEM. The SYSTEM is a machine to drain the wealth and redistribute. Of course, the plutocrats always get bigger share, that's the beauty of capitalism and it's rule of law, who can challenge?

What makes China different and makes West scared is that, the plutocrats are not on the driver seat. That's one of the most important reason why Soviet Union was under attack in 20th century.

If you go back to French Revolution in 1789, the Revolution overthrew the monarchy, established a republic. Those Monarchies quickly aligned to counter France. Holy Alliance is base on ideology to defend Monarchy.

History always repeat itself. When China has a more advanced, progressive political system and ideology, those plutocrats can't tolerate. Because China not only challenge their might, but also their legitimacy.

As we all knew, plutocracy can NOT sustain.

Chomsky: The United States Is Not A Democracy. Imo, it's Kleptocracy, or Plutocracy, kind of Dictatorship.