Concepts of American Democracy

Last week, the positive judicatory reversed a hundred of law-Barack Obama on the Supreme courts decision in Citizens unite v. Federal Election armorial bearing (FEC). The join States is not a democracy, it is an oligarchy. Rife with corruption, propaganda, and voter prohibition tactics, signs of the erosion of the first late democracy are everywhere.\nIn January of 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States made a barrier decision in the boldness of Citizens United. This decision allowed citizens, unions and corporations to donate innumerable amounts of money to special policy-making action committees called crack P.A.C.s. These committees nookie produce advertising for policy-making candidates with the stipulation that they cannot communicate with the governmental campaign(s) of the candidate(s) they support, however there is no way to affect sealed these groups and campaigns do not communicate. tralatitious campaign donations still assoil up a fully grown port ion of the money fatigued in 2012, but the existing corrupting factor is the sunrise(prenominal) system of unregulated governmental groups creating separate political campaigns for candidates with untrammeled amounts of money. In other countries this would be called corruption, but in the States it is called political contributions. These P.A.C.s support can make or break a campaign, so it is obvious that the candidates views on issues dont always reflect the views of the usual public.\nThe 2012 Election campaign for professorship cost $2.6 billion and the check cost of the presidential, senate and congressional races amount over $6 billion. During the 2012 elections Sheldon Adelson is a casino magnate. He owns more casinos in Las Vegas and Asia and is the 9th richest person in the world according to Forbes, donated at least $98 cardinal (some estimates range as amply as $150 million) to super P.A.C.s and campaigns. The actual number is cabalistic because some of the mo ney he donated went to political non-profit groups that can do many of the ...