I don't know about you but I'm leaning toward plutocracy. A straw donor scheme is basically an inverted pyramid scheme in which someone gives lots of other people money to give the candidate in order to get around campaign contribution limits. Plutocracy II: Solidarity Forever is essential viewing for those with an interest in America's class struggles, and the ongoing efforts to level the playing field between the haves and the have nots. Funded by the wealthy (private and corporate).Ĥ. Theoretically, an individual can only give $2,400 to an individual candidate, but there are loopholes - there are about a gazillion organizations out there known as political action committees that the individual can legally funnel money through so that their contribution comes out closer to $70,000.ģ. Most people in the upper levels of government are multi-millionaires and they spend a ton of their own cash to get or keep their office.Ģ.
PLUTOCRACY DOCUMENTARY PART 2 SERIES
For those who missed it, Plutocracy is a five-part series focussing primarily on American political repression in the mid-to-late 19th and early 20th centuries. Rebellion is essentially a re-imagining of my Plutocracy series. I am conducting a fundraiser for Part III here. This is good since it does limit fat-cat contributions, but make no mistake, the wealthy are still the primary players in financing campaigns. Part II (Blacklist) will be released in one week. There have been all sorts of legislation and reforms over the years designed to curb corruption and the plutocratic tendencies of American politics. Rather than write a long boring post describing the intricate details, I'll just summarize. Recommending books explaining it is equally so. Where do politicians get their money? Well, it's complicated - really complicated. Scott Noble's 'The Power Principle' American Empire: the Feature Film by RON JACOBS Counterpunch Discussing the nature of the US Empire and how it got to where it is today with most US residents is always a challenge. In my last post I was trying to get at the question of whether we really get to choose our leaders (democracy) or whether they are financially chosen (plutocracy)? Here's more for consideration: It is also the story of the brutal repression American workers have suffered in their courageous struggle for human rights, dignity, and in some cases revolution. a country or society governed in this way an elite or ruling class of people whose power derives from their wealth. Meticulously researchedabsolutely brilliant on numerous levels, Scott Noble’s Plutocracy series is the story of the American working class. Part IV is titled 'Gangsters of Capitalism. Part III, 'Class War' focusses mostly on the WWI period.
Part II, 'Solidarity Forever,' covers the late 19th Century to the early twenties. Plutocracy: (n.) Government by the wealthy. The introduction examines the West Virginian coal wars of the early 20th Century, culminating in the Battle of Blair Mountain.
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