{"id":14747,"date":"2016-03-04T19:17:51","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T19:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/usa\/?p=2482"},"modified":"2016-03-04T19:17:51","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T19:17:51","slug":"jimmy-carter-calls-the-us-an-oligarchy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/jimmy-carter-calls-the-us-an-oligarchy\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Carter calls the US an oligarchy"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Jimmy Carter says America, a once-free nation, is now an oligarchy, and that\u2019s not just his opinion. It is provable, and backed up by the research of top political experts and scholars. An oligarchy is a government run by a small group of wealthy and influential people, rather than the majority. A Princeton University study, Affluence & Influence<\/em>, by Martin Gilens, backs up former president Carter\u2019s oligarchy statement about unlimited money in politics, such as allowed by Citizens United, upheld by<\/a> the Supreme Court, as reported on Your News Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt violates the essence of what made America a great country in its political system. Now it\u2019s just an oligarchy, with unlimited political bribery being the essence of getting the nominations for president or to elect the president. And the same thing applies to governors and U.S. senators and congress members.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

President Jimmy Carter sits down for a conversation on the first day of the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library [Photo by Ralph Barrera-Pool\/Getty Images]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

President Jimmy Carter points to the ideal, that our government\u2019s Constitution was based on the concept of democracy and freedom, at least as freedom and democracy were understood in the eighteenth century. Modern understanding of those may vary, but that was the overall goal. America was to be a government \u201cby the people, of the people and for the people.\u201d Experts are saying that is not what we have today. Carter states this in no uncertain terms.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo now we\u2019ve just seen a complete subversion of our political system as a payoff to major contributors, who want and expect and sometimes get favors for themselves after the election\u2019s over.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

President Jimmy Carter, who led the U.S. from 1977 to 1981, is not just making this up as he goes along. It has been well established, proved, and recorded painstakingly, as explained in the video below.<\/p>\n

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