Re:A majority of millennials now reject capitalism, poll shows
by brucephillips on Friday December 01, 2017 @07:29PM
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Sure, so we can say that people vote against their interests. We can't say that the U.S. is a dictatorship. Let's be precise with our terms, rather than contributing to political polarization and blustering.
Re:A majority of millennials now reject capitalism, poll shows
by dv_dt on Friday December 01, 2017 @07:36PM
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Systematically studying a range of issues supported by voters and comparing them against actual congressional votes is not blustering. It's rather methodical and data driven.
Re:A majority of millennials now reject capitalism, poll shows
by brucephillips on Friday December 01, 2017 @07:39PM
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The study isn't blustering. Claiming that America "is getting closer to a communist dictatorship" is.
Re:A majority of millennials now reject capitalism, poll shows
by dv_dt on Friday December 01, 2017 @07:47PM
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Communist dictatorships don't have the characteristic power structure of a close circle of oligarchs that overall decide policy?
Re:A majority of millennials now reject capitalism, poll shows
by brucephillips on Friday December 01, 2017 @08:00PM
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...who aren't chosen by the people. That's the defining characteristic.
http://www.businessinsider.com/major-study-finds-that-the-us...
> Researchers concluded that U.S. government policies rarely align with the preferences of the majority of Americans, but do favour special interests and lobbying organizations: "When a majority of citizens disagrees with economic elites and/or with organized interests, they generally lose. Moreover, because of the strong status quo bias built into the US political system, even when fairly large majorities of Americans favour policy change, they generally do not get it."