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The Ruling Class in America Has Become Far Too Powerful

huffingtonpost.com — When a governing class develops in a democratic society, it loses contact with the people who elect it. In many ways America is burdened with such a class, which has amassed power over the past fifty years, until it arrived at a place where its right to rule goes almost unchallenged. Let's look at who belongs to the ruling class..

Who dugg this? Made popular Oct 23, 2007

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  • VIrus9, on 11/01/2007, -1/+28I'm probably going to get dugg down for challenging the persistent egalitarian delusion of a classless American society, but Dr. Chopra's big mistake here is in assuming that our elected officials are the ones with the power. The true ruling class in this country are the commercial oligarchs who the majority of our elected officials serve.

    Whether you want to become a part of the system or think that it needs to be changed, the first step is to know how the system actually works.

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