Remember that study saying America is an oligarchy? 3 rebuttals say it's wrong.
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Maybe the middle class has more power than we thought.
  • star_wraith [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    But the researchers critiquing the paper found that middle-income Americans and rich Americans actually agree on an overwhelming majority of topics. Out of the 1,779 bills in the Gilens/Page data set, majorities of the rich and middle class agree on 1,594; there are 616 bills both groups oppose and 978 bills both groups favor. That means the groups agree on 89.6 percent of bills.

    Yes, because every single bill that comes up should be equally weighted. The rich definitely care as much about enshrining October 2nd as National French Cruller Donut Day as they do Trump's massive corporate tax cuts.

    Buncha poindexter-ass nerds.

    • ssjmarx [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Plus what gives the game away isn't whether or not the uber rich and the middle class agree on stuff, it's whether the issues on which they don't agree break democratically or break in favor of the wealthier class. Spoiler alert: the rich win every time.

    • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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      3 years ago

      bills getting voted on or not is like such a small part of American government too... the corruption goes much deeper. most of this stuff is already baked in and decided before they write anything down for "public consumption" in Congress

    • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
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      3 years ago

      Also like cool so consent manufacturing works. Probably most of what the “middle class” thinks is counter to their own material interest