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| | The Great Madness, by Scott Nearing |
 | | The plutocracy bought the press, subsidized the pulpit, placed their representatives in control of the schools, and by the use of the police and postal censorship they restricted individual liberty. | | | For three years the American plutocracy had enjoyed the benefits of war business, without paying any of the penalties which war entails. | | | The American plutocracy was no more interested in establishing democracy in Germany than they were in establishing democracy in the United States. |
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| | Plutocracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Kevin Phillips, author and political stategist to U.S. President Richard Nixon, argues that the United States is a plutocracy in which there has been "the fusion of money and government" [1] | | | Before the equal voting rights movement managed to end it in the early 20th century, many countries used a system where rich persons had more votes than poor. | | | In writings about history, plutocracy is the political control of the state by an oligarchy of the wealthy. |
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| | Plutocracy |
| | He served in a wide variety of professional capacities as historian, lawyer, judge, and U.S. Senator from Georgia, and, at the time Plutocracy came out, U.S. Representative. | | | Thomas Manson Norwood was racist to a degree unusual even by the standards of his time and place. | | | Set in New York City, Boston, Washington D.C., and Arizona, the novel encompasses a national scope, with significant international implications. |
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| | How to Fix What's Really Wrong With the American Government |
| | Thus, the republican form of government always degenerates into plutocracy, governance by the wealthy. | | | The wealthy and wealth serving hold a hegemony of power over the electoral process and in all three branches while all others are excluded. | | | In the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson wrote that it is our right and duty to throw off despotism. |
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| | Scoop: Mattern: The Rise Of Plutocracy & Corporate Rule |
| | It’s difficult to comprehend how the political leadership in the United States of America has degenerated from the brilliant leadership of Franklin Roosevelt and the inspiration of John Kennedy to the dreadful leadership of recent years. | | | The U.S. has sadly declined from the noble democratic ideals so eloquently expressed by President Roosevelt on the role of government: “The pace of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough to those who have too little.” | | | This ideal has degraded to a “greed is good” philosophy and the Ronald Reagan drivel that “government is the problem.” Add the many politicians that are bought by corporate America through campaign donations and the result is legislation that is transforming the U.S. from a democracy to a plutocracy where the rich rule. |
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| | Do We Want Plutocracy or Democracy? |
| | As a United States citizen, Colombian born, we need only to look at Latin America and the Caribbean countries with governments that have historically and continue to be plutocracies. | | | Just about any of the major breakthroughs in history, the industrial revolution, the recent high-tech revolution have been made no by the wealthy, elite, powerful rich people, but on the contrary by individuals of little or no wealth. | | | I do not believe that we want a plutocracy: a government by, of and for the wealthy, the controlling class of the rich. |
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http://www.theamericas.org/do_we_want_plutocracy_or_democra.htm
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| | Freezerbox Magazine - Plutocracy, U.S.A. |
| | "Big Money" has dominated this country for 212 years and is firmly entrenched today; in 2001, plutocracy reigns supreme. | | | To borrow a phrase from progressive historian Howard Zinn, America is "still in the hands of the elites." Their goal secured, Jay and Hamilton would jump for joy. |
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http://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=125
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| | Beyond Plutocracy - Direct Democracy for America, Appendix 3: The Difficulty of Simplifying the Tax Code |
| | In our American expression of dominance, the wealthy, aristocratic founders created a constitution and government that favors, is populated by, and first and best serves the wealthy. | | | We found our solution to authoritarianism and plutocracy to lie in a redistribution of the powers of our current republican form of government. | | | We created a hybrid consensus government consisting of a new, truly democratic branch, the demos, the powers of which were set in balance with the existing plutocratic branches. |
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| | Forum: Stop the plutocracy |
| | Should this frightening trend continue to accelerate, the real possibility exists that the American democracy of Jefferson and Franklin could be in serious jeopardy. | | | Recently Kevin Phillips, former chief political strategist for Richard Nixon and author of "Wealth and Democracy," said he no longer believes that democracy even exists in this country, but has in fact been replaced by a plutocracy -- a government controlled by its wealthiest individuals to promote their own specific agenda. | | | A candidate who understands that the power of ideas, eloquently articulated will defeat money, and its plutocracy, in this arid climate of greed and acquisition. |
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| | A Forgotten Fighter against Plutocracy |
| | In the process his reputation was so blackened and his deeds so distorted that he has never been accorded his rightful place as one of the staunchest opponents of monopoly domination in American public life. | | | He died four years later in 1926 at the age of 78. | | | His book is a guide to the grand larceny practiced by the chief citizens of capitalist America between the close of the Civil War and the beginning, of the First World War. |
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| | Forgotten Victims of America's Plutocracy BaltimoreChronicle.com |
| | As Matthew Rothschild (the editor of the Progressive) so aptly pointed out, it is important for vehement critics of America's Plutocracy to acknowledge that the United States is not responsible for all evil acts of humanity. | | | Throughout American history, the Plutocracy has severely victimized black Americans, through enslavement and through ongoing gross social injustices. | | | Other racial minorities, some religious groups, Gays and the disabled also face discrimination and suppression of rights at the hands of the white, "straight", "Christian" Plutocracy dominating the government and media in the United States. |
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| | The Iron Heel: Chapter 13: The General Strike |
| | It was the Plutocracy, weighing and balancing, that defeated us by dividing our strength. | | | The courts were in the hands of the Plutocracy to carry the sentence out. | | | He received six months' imprisonment for contempt of court in disobeying the injunctions, while he was bankrupted by countless damage suits. |
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| | America -- "Vote Against Plutocracy" by Valdas Anelauskas |
| | America -- "Vote Against Plutocracy" by Valdas Anelauskas | | | Now, after seven years of living here, I see that the United States is a plutocracy, which means a government of the rich, by the rich and for the rich. | | | This article was first published in The Register Guard, October 30, 1996 |
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| | The American plutocracy isn’t racially or ethnically homogenous. | | | Since then the Jewish-American plutocracy has gradually acquired equivalent, virtually royal status in the United States. | | | Like the Christian-European plutocracy, however, the Jewish plutocracy is nothing more than a mafia, a pompous, arrogant gang of glorified criminals. |
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| | Plutocracy - Effects on Health and Environment (Democracy, Capitalism, Outsourcing Jobs) |
| | Campaign contributions did not stop politicians from smartly passing those laws then, and they should not stop our representatives from passing updated laws now. | | | NOW Interview with Kevin Phillips on American plutocracy | | | According to BusinessWeek, today's average CEO makes 531 times the average hourly worker's pay, vs. 85 times in 1990, and 42 times in 1980. |
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http://www.grinningplanet.com/2004/09-07/plutocracy-democracy-capitalism-article.htm
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| | War Aims of World Plutocracy |
| | And the publisher (Argyle Press, Newark, New Jersey) is also established. | | | The book "Germany Must Perish" is the background music to the major foreign policy deception that the leaders of world plutocracy, President Roosevelt and his business partner in international warmongering, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, have launched to support their ally Stalin. | | | It is therefore to be expected that, at the moment the Jew Kaufman is revealed as an inciter to murder and his close relations with the president of the United States are uncovered, world plutocracy will deny it. |
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http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/kriegsziel.htm
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| | Recall is Plutocracy at its Best - National Constitution Center |
| | Recall is Plutocracy at its Best - National Constitution Center | | | California's recall election, in its current form, is plutocracy at its best -- it is government by the rich. | | | A small group of the ultra rich purchased this recall election! |
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http://www.constitutioncenter.org/education/ForEducators/Viewpoints/RecallisPlutocracyatitsBest.shtml
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| | Search Results for "Plutocracy" |
| | A government or state in which the wealthy rule.... | | | Among his writings two of the best known are Legal Remedy for Plutocracy (1902) and State and Federal Quarantine Powers (1905). | | | To achieve this he must, in some measure, compel the party of Plutocracy... |
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| | Plutocracy - dKosopedia |
| | Plutocracy can be the resultant state of many conceivable political systems. | | | A key issue in preventing plutocracy is the question of what sort of governmental system ensures that wealth and power is not ceded to the public operators of a government as private individuals. | | | A system of no limitations on ownership, including slavery, is the ultimate plutocracy and is the denial of a principle of equitable freedom. |
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| | VDARE.com: 02/16/04 - View from Lodi, CA: Bush Plutocracy vs. American People |
| | Under Bush, the United States is a plutocracy— government by the rich and for the rich. | | | View from Lodi, CA: Bush Plutocracy vs. American People | | | Although I have never been a supporter of President George W. Bush, I take no pleasure in writing the harsh assessment that you are about to read. |
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| | America Is Headed Toward Plutocracy? It Just Ain't So! The Foundation for Economic Education: The Freeman, Ideas on ... |
| | The very title of his column, "Plutocracy and Politics," is misleading. | | | If it wasn't a plutocracy during the hated (by Progressives) Gilded Age, it isn't now. | | | This is neither here nor there with respect to Krugman's larger argument that we are heading toward "government of the rich." And contrary to what he thinks, these examples do not refute the idea that riches generally are a reward for achievement. |
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| | Corporatocracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Some would argue that a real corporatocracy can only appear when (and if) a government makes it legal to bribe politicians. | | | While anyone can become a shareholder in principle, in reality it is frequently only the wealthy who can afford to own enough stock to directly influence the voting (and hence the activities) of a corporation. | | | Hence the corporatocracy might be considered somewhat synonymous with plutocracy, government by the rich. |
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| | Phi Kappa Phi Forum: American Slippage toward Plutocracy, The |
| | Another defense of the slippage toward plutocracy is that the amount of money a person can raise is a measure of how much public support he or she has, which is inherently democratic. | | | However, detailed analysis of legislation on both the national and the state levels shows that often the laws that are enacted follow closely the wishes of those with deep pockets and all too often contain direct payoffs to them. | | | Phi Kappa Phi Forum: American Slippage toward Plutocracy, The |
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| | Free book: Beyond Plutocracy - Direct Democracy for America, Home/Table of Contents |
| | The two greatest enemies of freedom are those who insist “You must serve me!” (unopposed or insufficiently opposed plutocracy, so-called “representative” democracy) and those who insist “You must be like me!” (unopposed or insufficiently opposed direct democracy). | | | Correcting this imbalance of power requires a partial redesign of our government. | | | This book presents a true democratic process and other alterations to our government and society designed to move us beyond our current plutocracy, creating a more perfect union possessing greater justice, freedom, and happiness for everyone. |
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| | Paradox Interactive Forums - This week's debate : Plutocracy versus Aristocracy |
| | Which setting has never been a question for me, the countries I play are usually black and white in terms of plutocracy and aristocracy, e.g., my last two games were with England and Bohemia. | | | A country that successfully uses Plutocracy is going to be much stronger in the long term than a country using Aristocracy. | | | This way u get average priced army and navy units but also a good diplo rating and colonists. |
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| | The Anguilla Guide - A comprehensive directory - 0597 - Plutocracy |
| | Well, that is what is being sold to the innocent American voter: Fucated, phony programs. | | | This will create the Hereditary Plutocracy aforementioned, and we don't think it a good idea at all. | | | A thoughtful Reader sent the OO a "Forgotten English" calendar, each day presenting a weird and obscure word. |
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| | Punknews.org About plutocracy |
| | Plutocracy is not a heavily footnoted or referenced work. | | | I agree to these terms and am under 13 years of age. | | | Plutocracy is about to become the official religion. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Jamaica |
| | The local Government, which consisted almost entirely of slave holders and sympathizers with slavery, was a negrophobic plutocracy, and the Anglican, or Episcopalian, clergy were in sympathy with the assembly, as they were dependent on it for their stipends. | | | Ministers of other Protestant denominations were working for the education and enlightenment of the negroes, only to be reviled, hindered, and persecuted by the dominant party. | | | Slavery was destined to continue there for more than another quarter of a century. |
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| | NOW with Bill Moyers. Transcript. Bill Moyers Interviews Kevin Phillips. 4.09.04 PBS |
| | a plutocracy in a way that we haven't had before, since the gilded age. | | | When you start developing philosophies in which giving a check is a First Amendment right. | | | In his new book, WEALTH AND DEMOCRACY, he is writing about how big money and political power are the invisible hand in the hidden story of the American experience. |
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| | Technorati Tag: plutocracy |
| | A plutocracy is a government system where wealth is the principal basis of power (from the Greek ploutos meaning wealth). | | | Become a member to save searches in a Watchlist. | | | This page shows blog posts, photos, and links that have been tagged plutocracy. |
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| | Issue of February 18, 2004 |
| | Such "hedging" is found in almost any field where risk is part of the equation, even in politics, where large contributors to one party almost always "hedge" by giving at least a little loot to the opposition. | | | Plutocracy, as well as "oligarchy" (from the Greek "oligos," meaning "few"), are usually considered less desirable states than "democracy," from the Greek meaning "rule by the whole people." | | | The connection between the Roman god of the dead and rich people running the show comes from the root of the name "Pluto" itself, the Greek "ploutos," which meant "wealth." It was believed that wealth that came from the ground (minerals, gems, etc.) was actually created in the underworld. |
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| | The Unofficial Paul Krugman Web Page |
| | For many years there was a concerted effort by think tanks, politicians and intellectuals to deny that inequality was increasing in this country. | | | But he also offers a bleak alternative: "Either democracy must be renewed, with politics brought back to life, or wealth is likely to cement a new and less democratic regime — plutocracy by some other name." | | | Phillips has an impressive track record as a political visionary. |
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| | american democracy, war profiteers, corruption, plutocracy, Bush and Cheney, stolen election |
| | american democracy, war profiteers, corruption, plutocracy, Bush and Cheney, stolen election | | | Most people believe what they are told and those who question the orthodoxy are considered kooks, but that doesn’t mean the kooks can’t also be correct. | | | Unlimited air time for right wingers, but very little opportunity to hear from Ralph Nader, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Kevin Philips, Tarik Ali, Greg Palast, Arundhati Roy, William Rivers Pitt, Amy Goodman, and the dozens of others who speak so articulately about what is really happening. |
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| | Injustice Sunday (an unholy mixture of theocracy and plutocracy) |
| | Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC. | | | They never have been, and they never will be. | | | For a good look at who these people are |
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| | William Morris - Art Under Plutocracy |
| | Remember we have but one weapon against that terrible organization of selfishness which we attack, and that weapon is Union. | | | You and I who agree together, it is we who have to answer that question. | | | Yes, and it should be obvious union, which we can be conscious of as we mix with others who are hostile or indifferent to the cause; organized brotherhood is that which must break the spell of anarchical Plutocracy. |
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| | Ending Corporate Governance: Revoking Our Plutocracy |
| | The fifth is to understand that we will never win in this struggle if we play by their rules because they wrote the rules. | | | Nowadays, although more and more of us understand the fact that we live, not in a democratic republic (as we were taught in school), but under a plutocracy, most still suffer from what Richard Grossman and Ward Morehouse call the "colonization of our minds | | | Our fourth challenge is to recognize the myth of American democracy and to overcome the plutocracy with which we live. |
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| | Search Results for plutocracy - Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Political system by which a body of people is administered and... | | | Expand your search on plutocracy with these databases: | | | The greatest written works in one magnificent collection. |
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| | Google's "Democracy" Incompatible with the Plutocracy of the World? |
| | I can't see its shareholders being impressed by that. | | | This is an idea that keeps coming back to me as I imagine how things will play out for Google in the near future. | | | When you read Google's explanation of PR, you get some haughty notion of the "uniquely democratic nature of the web," and how links translate into "votes." As well-intentioned as that may be, the reality of the online world is far closer the plutocracy of the physical world. |
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| | This Is What Plutocracy Looks Like - Commentary |
| | I found myself once again surrounded by hippies, queers, stoners and anarchists demanding an immediate conclusion to the criminal occupation of Babylon, this time outside the Old State House in Hartford on March 19. | | | This Is What Plutocracy Looks Like - Commentary | | | Click here to see our print edition front page |
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| | rubber hose: the plutocracy test |
| | if it does, it will be a true testament to the power of the american plutocracy. |
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| | “The government of the Western nations, whether monarchical or republican, had passed into the invisible hands of a plutocracy, international in power and grasp. | | | It was, I venture to suggest, this semi-occult power which....pushed the mass of the American people into the cauldron of World War I.” — British military historian, Major General J. Fuller, l941 | | | They practically control both political parties.” — New York City Mayor John F. Hylan, 1922 |
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| | Majikthise : This is what plutocracy looks like |
| | This is a Flickr badge showing public photos from Lindsay Beyerstein tagged with badge. | | | I am back from the wilds of Wyoming, having happily scampered through the Jurassic for a few days. | | | Listed below are links to weblogs that reference This is what plutocracy looks like: |
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| | Ming the Mechanic: Plutocracy |
| | Even better, just drop that whole first section and change the heading of the second to Democracy. | | | Plutocracy seems to be working so well already in the U.S., so why bother importing such commie nonsense as "Democracy" into the country. |
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| | The Connection.org : The Politics Of Wealth |
| | The result is a dangerous love child called Plutocracy and a system that bends over backwards to provide the rich with tax breaks and special concessions, while leaving millions of poor Americans hanging without a safety net. | | | Kevin Phillips, author of Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich | | | Government has been seduced and successfully bedded by corporate interests. |
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| | ZNet Economy Meritocracy or Plutocracy? |
| | Under industrial capitalism, the ideal society, originally conceived by the founding fathers as a meritocracy and advertised as a democracy, has been transformed into something more like a plutocracy. | | | Meanwhile, the working class (accounting for roughly 90 percent of the population) is being robbed on a massive scale. | | | Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided that this notice is preserved. |
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