The Myth of US Democracy
Published in The Express Tribune, November 9th, 2015
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The vision of a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, is enchanting, and powerfully attractive to the masses yearning to be free. However, the title of Nobel Laureate Stiglitz’s book “Of the 1%, by the 1%, and for the 1%” is a far more accurate description of the reality of US democracy. Prophetically, Eisenhower had warned against the threat to democracy posed by the powerful military-industrial complex. Today the power of a tiny minority to control the US, and thence the world, exceeds his worst nightmares.
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