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.