![]() In 2010, the US Supreme Court handed down a decision called Citizens United that allowed unions, corporations and associations to spend unlimited amounts in elections provided they would not coordinate their efforts with a candidate. That America is a plutocracyĪ total of US$14 billion (KSh1.4 trillion) was spent on campaigns in the US this year, twice as much as in 2016. This article attempts – colossally log-in-eye, and at a distance of thousands of miles, admittedly – to furnish proof of the existence of this plutocracy to demonstrate the effects of this plutocracy on American life and politics and to establish whether there is any way out of the present morass. This development is not really new – wealth has always, eventually, determined leadership, in America and elsewhere. The United States today is in fact a corporatocracy mega-corporations rule the country, a polite way of saying that that nation is now a plutocracy. The regrettable truth is that the US is not a democracy – not merely because true democracy has never existed, but because even that imperfect form of democracy that characterises modern politics long perished in America. Why, if the choice was so clear, were margins so narrow? Further, even as the Democrats belatedly won a majority in the Senate, again by the finest of margins, the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives actually narrowed. ![]() ![]() Mr Biden’s margin of victory in Georgia was 0.48 per cent, while that in Arizona was 0.63 per cent. For while it is true that President Biden won the highest number of votes in American electoral history, it is also true that President Trump won the second-highest number of votes in American electoral history 10 million more people voted for President Trump in 2020 than did so in 2016. One is how narrow the margins of victory were. Some might go so far as to say that the world’s most affluent democracy has once again proved that government of the people, by the people, for the people is alive and well.īut just below the surface, there are questions deserving of a deeper examination. just a graze.As President Joe Biden begins to get comfortable in the White House, there are those who might say that America, under a democratic system of government, has once again allowed the voice of her people to be heard, and that they have elected a new leader into office. "Right." She glanced back over her shoulder and said, "He's got us outgunned and outboated." "What's the matter?"īeth folded her chart. She replied, "I have nine left in this magazine and a full magazine of fifteen in my pocket." She pointed and said, "That must be Long Beach Bar Lighthouse over there." just a graze."īeth found the plastic-coated chart on the deck and unfolded it on the dashboard. I glanced at her and said, "Nice shooting back there." Now I know for sure where he is and where he's going." I added, "I'd rather deal with him on land. I said to Beth, "Actually, I like it this way. Why not? I cut back on the throttles and the Formula settled down a little. The gash was deep, but had not exposed the bone. I reached out and said, "Steady." I felt for the wound and was relieved to discover that it was indeed a graze running along the lower rib. Her rib cage, between her breast and her hip, was covered with blood. She moved closer to where I stood at the wheel, turned toward the stern and loosened her life vest, then raised her slicker and shirt. The only place I can get into is Greenport or maybe Dering, and Freddie's between us and those harbors." ![]() I said, "There's no way I can navigate this boat in this storm through these narrow channels. I glanced at the chart, which was lit by the faint glow of a reading light on the dashboard. She brought her hand out and it was covered in blood. He's chasing us-out into the open water."īeth? What's the matter? I could see her left hand moving over her rain slicker and she winced. She thought a moment, then said, "In other words, we're not chasing him anymore. I asked her, "How many rounds do you have left?" I set a course that would take us to the right of the lighthouse out into Gardiners Bay, which in turn would put us on a course to Plum Island.
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