The problem is that the wealthy have sophisticated, effective propaganda, as well as the funds to blast it everywhere, massively influence the thinking of most of the population, and the normal people who know what's going on don't have the resources to combat that and to get more honorable, well-informed people elected and others writing good policies which will be implemented by the elected.
Bad guys rise when good guys can't figure out how to overcome that obstacle.
A good analysis. But bad guys have always bad that power, especially under the Hearst empire. But FDR took it away from them and we had a wonderful period of stepping on the oligarchs and empowering the workers for about 50 years. Then the Civil Rights act passed and as LBJ said, there goes the party for the next 50 years. And he was right—whitey didn’t want to share with Blacks and thought they lost jobs because of the peace movement and decided to go Republican and Southern in their voting. And the Dems had no answer and just abandoned the field to these reactionaries, the Reagan Democrats and it’s been downhill ever since.
The problem is that the wealthy have sophisticated, effective propaganda, as well as the funds to blast it everywhere, massively influence the thinking of most of the population, and the normal people who know what's going on don't have the resources to combat that and to get more honorable, well-informed people elected and others writing good policies which will be implemented by the elected.
Bad guys rise when good guys can't figure out how to overcome that obstacle.
A good analysis. But bad guys have always bad that power, especially under the Hearst empire. But FDR took it away from them and we had a wonderful period of stepping on the oligarchs and empowering the workers for about 50 years. Then the Civil Rights act passed and as LBJ said, there goes the party for the next 50 years. And he was right—whitey didn’t want to share with Blacks and thought they lost jobs because of the peace movement and decided to go Republican and Southern in their voting. And the Dems had no answer and just abandoned the field to these reactionaries, the Reagan Democrats and it’s been downhill ever since.