Or a Republic if you want to spin it that way.
[url=http://mic.com/articles/87719/princeton-concludes-what-kind-of-government-america-really-has-and-it-s-not-a-democracy]It's an oligarchy.[/url]
The rich, the connected, and political powerful have [url=http://media2.policymic.com/42d0f1cf03d8c82290e7ef1aff5df558.png]gamed the system so that[/url] [url=http://media2.policymic.com/3f9db8084af2e243bc97fd1dfcaceb64.png]not only are they are earning more[/url], but their opinions are made into policy, not yours.
Your vote is worthless when your elected representatives won't even listen to you and the votes of the stupid, ignorant, uninformed sheep can be bought and dissenters drowned with enough political attack ads.
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Well if we weren't a bunch of uninformed idiots who believe ever political talking point that gets spewed our way, we might have a better chance. People bitch about career politicians and then go vote for "their guy" who been in congress for the passed 30 yrs. All the while the masses are dumbed down on every front.