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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
Because the wealthy people fund political parties and have enormous amount of influence on the political decision makers no matter which political party is in power.
As for the people being responsible for the governments they elect: not entirely accurate. USSR and China had 100% elected governments for close to a century - initially, on belief, later on fear and, finally, out of ignorance, because there were no other choices. On the opposite side of the planet - US will soon have two choices: Trump or Clinton, none of whom are liked much by the majority of their population, as well said by Obama at the WHCD. At some point, elections become a formality and people elect whoever has the wits, means and connections to get on the ballot. And then 200-300 elected officials raise their hands like puppets to approve the budget decisions made by 10-12 appointed ministers based on the advice given to them by their staff/their donors/their bosses. Good? Bad? Who knows.
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Seems to me the overall problem is money in general (or the way we view/value it).
Good or bad, I don't think is the question. You could say it's good because pretty much everyone is better off then they were 100 years ago as far as health and opportunity goes. But does that mean it can't improve? Drastically?
I feel the same about money. We haven't really been using it very long, and it's becoming increasingly worthless with the speed at which it moves and the sheer amount of it. Is it the best thing we've come up with as a means of exchange? Yes. Can it be altered or improved upon? Absolutely IMO. It's not some fundamental law of nature that we can't break, but there are a lot of people who can't see a world beyond something like that.