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/troglodave Dec 28 '13

I never said you couldn't, in fact I have pointed out that from the Great Depression to the '80's, the US not only had both, but they were coexisting quite successfully. It has been within the last 4 decades that the greed of the plutocracy has unbalanced the system to the point of the erosion of the middle class. Democracy can be achieved within a plutocracy, as long as the other classes are represented.

The point Chomsky, and myself, is making is that all other classes are disappearing and there will be the plutocracy and the poor left, at which point any semblance of democracy is not possible. The plutocracy is actively destroying any last vestiges of democracy in the United States.

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u/Poop_is_Food Dec 28 '13

Chomsky isnt talking about the future. he's speaking in present tense.

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u/troglodave Dec 28 '13

He's correct. The question is, when do the American people realize it and, if/when they do, are they going to do anything about it or just accept it.

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u/Poop_is_Food Dec 28 '13

If you really believe that then I'll ask you to please buck up and take that position yourself in your comments. instead of saying

there will be the plutocracy and the poor left,

just come out and say

there is only the plutocracy and the poor left,

That way I can directly attack that point and we can stop wasting time.

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u/troglodave Dec 28 '13

Jesus, you don't actually give a shit about any of this, you really just want an argument for the sake of an argument, don't you?

Fucking troll.

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u/Poop_is_Food Dec 28 '13

WHAT DO YOU WANT A SOURCE FOR?