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  1. Power_to_the_People (he/him) @[email protected] ·

    @kim_harding A well-known fact to those paying attention, which in the US means virtually unknown.

    The Gillens-Page Report was published in 2014, for heaven's sake!

    archive.org/details/gilens_and

    #Gillens-PageReport #ElitesRuleUS #GenPopHasNoInfluence #PotemkinDemocracy #ZappasCurtain

    #gillens #elitesruleus #genpophasnoinfluence #potemkindemocracy #zappascurtain
  2. Power_to_the_People (he/him) @[email protected] ·

    @adam @adam Well, it does comport with what Gilens & Page revealed - in 2014! That is, there is now virtually no correlation between "the will of the people" and what the govt chooses to do. Classic "elite vs. the masses" stuff, I guess - and, as in virtually all historical examples, it's the masses who've got it right. "Same as it ever was" (h/t Talking Heads), it appears...

    pnhp.org/news/gilens-and-page-

    #GilensandPage #democrature #PotemkinDemocracy #SameAsItEverWas

    #gilensandpage #democrature #potemkindemocracy #sameasiteverwas
  3. Power_to_the_People (he/him) @[email protected] ·

    @adam @adam Well, it does comport with what Gilens & Page revealed - in 2014! That is, there is now virtually no correlation between "the will of the people" and what the govt chooses to do. Classic "elite vs. the masses" stuff, I guess - and, as in virtually all historical examples, it's the masses who've got it right. "Same as it ever was" (h/t Talking Heads), it appears...

    pnhp.org/news/gilens-and-page-

    #GilensandPage #democrature #PotemkinDemocracy #SameAsItEverWas

    #gilensandpage #democrature #potemkindemocracy #sameasiteverwas
  4. Power_to_the_People (he/him) @[email protected] ·

    @adam @adam Well, it does comport with what Gilens & Page revealed - in 2014! That is, there is now virtually no correlation between "the will of the people" and what the govt chooses to do. Classic "elite vs. the masses" stuff, I guess - and, as in virtually all historical examples, it's the masses who've got it right. "Same as it ever was" (h/t Talking Heads), it appears...

    pnhp.org/news/gilens-and-page-

    #GilensandPage #democrature #PotemkinDemocracy #SameAsItEverWas

    #gilensandpage #democrature #potemkindemocracy #sameasiteverwas
  5. Power_to_the_People (he/him) @[email protected] ·

    @adam @adam Well, it does comport with what Gilens & Page revealed - in 2014! That is, there is now virtually no correlation between "the will of the people" and what the govt chooses to do. Classic "elite vs. the masses" stuff, I guess - and, as in virtually all historical examples, it's the masses who've got it right. "Same as it ever was" (h/t Talking Heads), it appears...

    pnhp.org/news/gilens-and-page-

    #GilensandPage #democrature #PotemkinDemocracy #SameAsItEverWas

    #sameasiteverwas #potemkindemocracy #democrature #gilensandpage
  6. Power_to_the_People (he/him) @[email protected] ·

    @adam @adam Well, it does comport with what Gilens & Page revealed - in 2014! That is, there is now virtually no correlation between "the will of the people" and what the govt chooses to do. Classic "elite vs. the masses" stuff, I guess - and, as in virtually all historical examples, it's the masses who've got it right. "Same as it ever was" (h/t Talking Heads), it appears...

    pnhp.org/news/gilens-and-page-

    #GilensandPage #democrature #PotemkinDemocracy #SameAsItEverWas

    #gilensandpage #democrature #potemkindemocracy #sameasiteverwas
  7. Michael @[email protected] ·

    @bacchus1234 private cops—> private militias. Just one of the features of our banana republic, along with a corrupt Supreme Court.
    #PotemkinDemocracy

    #potemkindemocracy