We live in a "representational democracy" currently. Is it truly that democratic? Our votes don't elect the president or vp. The electoral college elects them and those rules were pretty damn confusing to me. Look it up on www.archives.gov.
There's a great series of books Michael Z. Williamson in which one of the characters calls the Democrats of old (it's a science fiction series speaking of our present day) the "neo-feudalists". Personally, I don't see a hell of a lot of difference in the leadership of the two parties but I am an amateur history buff. I can see both parties showing tendencies to adopt a feudalistic nature, if it suited their purpose.
What is the feudal system of government? Ask ten different historians and you'll get ten different responses. Most of them are similar but historians have to split hairs, it's in their nature. My definition of feudalism is pretty basic: The government aka ruling elite control pretty much everything, they give what is needed to the lower classes in return the lower classes have protection and "bread and circuses".
Is the US becoming a neo-feudalism? How many people are on some type of government assistance? Don't include the children, just adults. Let's include people on unemployment and on Social Security. How many people is that? What is the government doing to get these people off of these programs?
If you are a professional making 40 grand a year and you're laid off you might take unemployment to stay afloat. While you're looking for a viable position you better not do any other work because then you'll lose your benefits. And of course the longer you're unemployed then the harder it is to get a job.
So it seems that our government wants to keep the status quo. Except that the requirements for any type of government assistance are getting easier. The more people depending on the government for everything, not just a helping hand, then the closer we're getting to a neo-feudalistic state.
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