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In an Oligarchy, Voting is a Tool to Manufacture the Illusion of Consent

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In an Oligarchy, Voting is a Tool to Manufacture the Illusion of Consent

http://www.wakingtimes.com/2016/10/21/oligarchy-voting-tool-manufacture-illusion-consent/

By: Dylan Charles
Date: 2016-10-21

If there’s one thing we’ve learned so far from election 2016 it’s that the American people do not understand their government.

The perception is that we have a democracy, and that in this democracy we the people have vested power in our government which we exercise through the act of voting. ‘Throw the bastards out,’ has long since been the war cry of the impotent democrat, yet we no longer even have a democracy to cling to, and although most people choose to ignore it, this fact of life has been visible for decades.

An oligarchical government is a form of rule in which a small group of wealthy individuals have control over the critical mechanisms of state power, industry and economy. These people are unelected, unaccountable and they exercise control on behalf of their personal financial interests, drawing on the productive power of a nation to support their lifestyles and geopolitical ambitions. The ruling class in such a nation is often comprised of dynastic families who pass the baton of power back and forth between themselves, managing the illusion of change and evolution while never actually ceding their franchise over the masses.

The Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton phenomenon is a contemporary example of this exchange.

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Source: http://vaticproject.blogspot.com/2016/11/in-oligarchy-voting-is-tool-to.html


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