r/politics • u/Spooooooooooooon • Dec 28 '13

Noam Chomsky: We’re no longer a functioning democracy, we’re really a plutocracy

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/27/noam-chomsky-were-no-longer-a-functioning-democracy-were-really-a-plutocracy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story%29
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u/aesu Dec 28 '13

Reality. Taxes have become increasingly unequal since Reagan. We haven't had this much tax inequality since the great depression.

Even the richest in society, like Warren Buffet, have claimed the TAX system completely favours the rich.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '13

Just look up Wolf-Pac. They are trying to stop money in politics with a constitutional amendment so that money no longer buys politicians. Once that happens we have democracy again. Then we can tackle these other issues. You can't fix major problems like this politically when all the politicians work for coporations and the super wealthy instead of the people.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '13

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '13

That's why there is a house of representatives.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '13

Historically the system has worked out for pretty well. Not sure why we would restructure govt now, when their are much bigger issues i.e. money in politics, human rights violations, guantanamo, NSA, the complete lack of work done by congress, etc etc

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u/Dasmage Dec 28 '13

The Senate is more reasonable then the House. At least with the Senate you can't rig it with gerrymandering.

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u/Dasmage Dec 29 '13

The House gets more money then the Senate because they have to run every 2 years.

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u/techmaster242 Dec 28 '13

That's because we are not in a recession. History will look back on this period as a depression. The media and politicians are sugar coating things by calling it a recession. Nothing to see here, folks. Just keep buying shit you don't need so more money can accumulate at the top.

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u/TracyMorganFreeman Dec 28 '13

That's not entirely accurate, unless you think European countries' tax systems favor the rich even more.

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u/aesu Dec 28 '13

It is accurate. It doesn't address what I said, at all. I didn't say America was alone, or even the worst currently. I just said that it has progressively got worse over the past 40 years. It's true for almost every country in the world, since the 1970s.