So long as austerity-mongers have their way, “democracy” is just a buzzword.
“Can the United States rightly call itself a democracy? As long as Paul Ryan and “Fix the Debt” types are able to push extreme austerity measures, Nation writer John Nichols says, we’re looking more like a “dollarocracy,” where “the ideas that rise to the top are those that are best-financed.” In a democracy, Nichols explains, people have a right to say no to bad ideas—but in a dollaracracy, all they get is bad ideas.” SOURCE
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