Is the USA a Democratic country or can you buy the Presidency?

Question

I'm a bit disillusioned then...

I thought the US was trying to spread Democracy throughout the World.

And defeat Communism and Dictators..

So Capitalists decide who will Govern..

Isn't that corrupt?

So then Capitalists decided to go to war with Iraq...not the President..

George Bush is Innocent then..Is he a puppet?

You are a great Writer Back in Action.

I can't wait for your book to come out..

Answer 1

[Going to be lengthy. So don't read the following if you're not in the mood for a long answer.]


"So then Capitalists decided to go to war with Iraq...not the President.."

That's one of our problems- CAPITALISM. Democracy CANNOT exist under capitalism. We can refer to a system as a democracy 'til cows fly, but doing as such doesn't make it a democracy.

As I said in one of my previous answers:

Capitalism gives corporations more power than the people and results in oligarchies (governments ruled by a few- i.e. big business and those whose pockets they line). This is precisely why the U.S., for example, is stuck in a two-party so-called ''democracy''. (Influence obviously rests within the hands of the powerful.) It (capitalism) can't provide equal opportunity-- The impoverished will never have the same chances as the rich to acquire wealth. Capitalism perpetuates greed. It's the reason why there are children in third world countries working in sweatshops for .20 cents.

So, then, why is there a middle class? It's just there to constantly ensure that the poor remain exactly where they are- POOR. But, eventually, capitalism eliminates the middle class. It (the middle class) can't last since it's function is to maintain the wealthy. I'll illustrate-- To produce and deliver a finished product, several costs are involved: production, labor, maintenance, transportation, packaging, advertising, and so on... In a capitalist economy, all of these costs are increased due to profit motive. But consumers are the only people who actually pay these costs. For example-- If, to make a profit, a transportation company charges a manufacturer extra money then the manufacturer simply charges the packaging company more money to cover costs (and then adds even more money for a profit). This continues until the retailer raises it's prices to cover costs (which are actually the cumulative costs of the profits of all the other companies) and then adds it's own profit. This price is paid by the consumer who has no one to charge to cover his/her costs. So this is what's happening-- The poor cannot afford to ''donate'' their money. (Some do it regardless. But, since they're so limited, it's certainly no where remotely close to being on a grand scale.).... The rich are definitely able- and they do so regularly- which is simply a matter of rich people passing their money around to each other. But the middle class is a different story. The middle class is ''funneling'' their money in two directions- one being to programs such as welfare, for the sake of maintaining poverty, and the other to the rich by embracing consumerism. With their money endlessly going in two different directions, the middle class can't last, which is precisely why the middle class is shrinking in this country.

The rich would love nothing more than for the middle class to remain. The middle class helps to keep the population of rich people at a minimum. (Fewer rich people = more money for rich people.) They (the middle class) pay the highest taxes. This helps the rich in three ways: 1) It's money that rich people don't have to pay. 2) It greatly decreases the chance of middle class persons ever hitting the rich mark, as they have to struggle just to remain in the middle class bracket. 3) Some of that tax revenue assists in keeping the poor impoverished by providing government assistance with no incentives for people to make improvements. (Damn, I'm starting to repeat myself. Sorry.)

The middle class also serves as blinders. In other words, the presence of a middle class causes many citizens to believe the lies that are spoon fed to us by the politicians, big business, etc... They (the citizens) are blinded by the existence of a middle class and can't see the true motives of people in power (allowing those in power to remain as they are without making any changes that would make things better for all of us).

So, yup, the rich loooove the middle class. But, as I said, it can't last.

Capitalism leads to misery and destruction.

"We stand for the maintenance of private property... We shall protect free enterprise as the most expedient, or rather the sole possible economic order." --Adolph Hitler

"You don't need a totalitarian dictatorship like Hitler's to get by with murder ... you can do it in a democracy as long as the Congress and the people Congress is supposed to represent don't give a damn." --William Shirer, author, 1973


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As for what the U.S. is "trying to spread"- Well, it damned sure isn't democracy. It's all about Israel and oil. Another of my previous questions covers this:

The question was: "Why do people deny the Holocaust?" (Yes, my answer to this question really does cover what I've said.... Just hang in there if you're up for reading.)

My answer: It seems plausible to me to doubt the extent of what happened- to a degree- but not to deny the whole thing. That's absurd. I suppose that there are some people who deny that the holocaust ever happened. But, for the most part, this isn't the case. People question the figures and other information provided to us. And they dispute the emphasis put on it- As the above user commented- What about the others? Why is just one atrocity given so much attention and sympathy?

"The Holocaust'' was NOT the only holocaust ever to happen to a group of people; and I'm not going to be affected by it any more than any other genocide. The Khmer Rouge regime [Cambodia], for example, killed millions of people- starting with artists, musicians, etc... and anyone who spoke out against them. They don't call it ''The Killing Fields'' for nothing. 'Til this day, you still can't walk off the main roads there due to hidden bombs going off.

I do NOT deny that "The Holocaust" ever happened. However, I do think that what happened and what history tells us happened has been distorted by the U.S., Israel, and Jewish groups to gain sympathy, to get their way, and to shape their foreign policy. One huge clue is the spot light that's put on the Jewish victims. Well, Jews weren't the only victims. Hitler's first target was Poland. True, Polish Jews were among those who were killed. But also victimized were Polish Christians, Catholics, and those in Poland's Underground army.

Hitler's victims also included people from Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Russia, Holland, France, and Germany. Jehovah Witnesses were forced to wear purple armbands, imprisoned, and killed for refusing to pledge their loyalty to the Third Reich. People, including Pastors and Preachers, who refused to worship the Nazi ideology were forced into concentration camps. Many of the clergymen were housed separately from the other prisoners. Very few survived. Most were either executed or died from starvation and disease.

There were other victims as well. Black people in Nazi-occupied Europe faced persecution, medical experimentation, incarceration, sterilization, and murder. And, like the Jews, the Roma [Gypsies] were chosen for complete elimination. So why is the spot light on the Jewish victims? Like I said, history has been distorted by the U.S., Israel, and Jewish groups to gain sympathy, to get their way, and to shape their foreign policy.

Israel is motivated by greed. They want to get their grubby paws on every inch of land that they possibly can and to hell with anyone who doesn't stand with them. Do they have the right to exist? Of course. But NOT in Palestine. They do NOT have the right to return to and claim a land they willingly left, proclaim it a holy land because "God said" they should settle there, and massacre an entire group of people. The land was supposed to be reparations for "The Holocaust". But most of the Jews didn't go there- They went to America. It was mainly rich Jews from America who occupied Israel and claimed something intended for holocaust survivors.

What do Arabs have to do with "The Holocaust"? Nothing. So, then, why are they being killed? And why are the Jews who dare to speak out against this being beaten and killed? It's because Israel wants total control over the middle east. And that's precisely one of the reasons why the U.S. is in Iraq. That and oil. Everything the U.S. does in the middle east is motivated by the oil cash cow. Israel doesn't have any oil, but it's the biggest player in the middle east. So there's no question that the U.S. is always going to side with Israel. The U.S. and Israel have sort of a "you scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours," deal going on.

And before someone claims that the U.S. isn't oil crazy- PLEASE! Why do you think the U.S. is such a longtime ally of Saudi Arabia (which happens to be the world's largest oil producer)? Anyone care to research how deep Bush and Cheney are buried in oil? No, no, no, I'm not some "wacky liberal" who thinks that Republicans are the end all be all of evil. After all, the move of oil companies and the U.S. military into central Asia was a strategy crafted by Bill Clinton. And it was Clinton adviser Richard Morningstar who brought Halliburton and Cheney into the Caspian region.

Oil geologists believe that there are very few undiscovered reserves remaining in the Americas. And this has politicians, government officials, and big business pissing their pants. Like I said, if it's about the middle east, oil is the motivation. Rule the oil industry = Rule the world.

But why would the rest of the world allow the U.S. to turn it upside down? Simple- They buy into the lies. The U.S. scares the world with imaginary threats of terrorism to achieve the result of everyone thinking that the U.S. is some kind of global protector of humanity. LIES, ALL LIES! Al Qaeda was a C.I.A. invention. And the Taliban was a longtime bedfellow of the U.S. Terrorism is a tool for manipulation, just like "The Holocaust".

Of course, not many people are willing to tell the truth. After all, to do so is to risk being labeled a terrorist, anti-American, anti-Israel, anti-Christian and/or an anti-Semite and to risk all the possible consequences of these labels. These labels are tossed around so much now that they've lost their meaning. Anyone who doesn't buy into U.S./Israeli propaganda risks wearing either or all of the above labels- Which is such a load of crap. Labeling people as "anti-Semites" is a particularly large load of crap since not all Jews and Israeli citizens are Semitic and not all Semites descended from the ancient Hebrews. Arabs are Semites, for that matter. Why is "Semite" so commonly associated with the Jews? The indoctrination of Judaism and Christianity- That's why. Yup, like terrorism and "The Holocaust", religion is used as a tool.


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As for whether or not the Presidency can be bought- Well, the Presidency (and every other political office) is being bought & sold on a constant basis.

Answer 2

i don't think so, no mater how much money you got the average person will never be president at this time, because all them seem to *** from secret fraternities like the skull and bone, democrats and republicans... democratise a joke.

Answer 3

Democracy is weak in the USA. Capitalism is strong.

Answer 4

of course you can buy it! look at all the lobbyists red and blue have?? they are the only ones to be elected because we let them. owing favors is only a setback from these seemingly identical parties, but its one we seem to be willing to take without a second thought.

Answer 5

In the United States everything is for sale.

Answer 6

If you can buy the news, you can buy anything.