Is America an Oligarchy first and foremost?

[JanMichael]

From that grumpy old guy Webster:

Main Entry: ol·i·gar·chy
Pronunciation: 'ä-l&-"gär-kE, 'O-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -chies
Date: 1542
1 : government by the few
2 : a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes; also : a group exercising such control
3 : an organization under oligarchic control

Please vote and then comment on whether an Oligarchy is desirable or if you believe it to be not such a desirable form of Government.

Another thing, I'm not refering to just BushCo. or Republicans, it's the whole package emminant Liberals & Dems included.

[Robroy]

1. Actually..

America now looks more like a Plutocracy, a government by the wealthy.

[Terwilliger]

3. always has been

[JanMichael]

4. Oligarchy sounds more ominous.

Plutocracy sounds all Disney and such.

That's why I used it, so there. <makes face>

[Misinformed01]

2. trouble in the (gift) wrapping department today

eh?

[JanMichael]

6. Returns mostly.

And you dear?

[Misinformed01]

8. Sorry

I tried for the last 45 seconds to think of something witty to write here; I just can't think of a thing-

I just hate seeing brilliance relegated to the second page of GD; naturally, in my opinion, that is whatever falls from your fingertips to the keyboard-

[IrateCitizen]

5. Just read Zinn's "People's History of the United States"

All the proof you'll ever need.

[JanMichael]

7. Already read it.

I'm in to the whole rhetorical question deal this month.

[hang a left]

9. The Rothschilds, Rockefellers, and the Morgans

Of course the Rothschilds cover provided by the Morgans

[Nikia]

10. Yes

I just finished reading The Best Democracy Money Can Buy by Greg Palast.

[OneBlueSky]

11. expand this a little by reading up on oligopolies . . .

http://oligopolywatch.com/

[JanMichael]

12. I think that the site that you linked is a great overview of what the...

...Oligarchs do.

They use the Industry leaders to, well, enrich a certain population of well paid workers and fuck everyone else.

Nice link!

[KG]

13. do Socialist DUers start to many polls?

Party in St Pete saturday night!

[JanMichael]

14. "To" or "Too"?

Saturday? What's up you bad sort of Lefty?

[Nicholas_J]

15. But I think it is more of a:

Plutocracy

1) n :a political system governed by the wealthy people

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

16. the plutocracy becomes aristocracy

doesn't take that long.

[JanMichael]

17. Either or really. Semantics I suppose.

But I think the word "Oligarchy" is simply more ominous than the over used "Plutocracy".

You know that the Heinz Family is part of this system, no?