• We’ve been in an oligarchy for a while, according to an Oxford study of US history and the policy voting behaviors of elected representatives. It’s only gotten spicy since Reagan, when the Republican party decided it had enough power to take all the cake (and is trying to do so).

    The Federalists tried this before, which caused the party to die out and the Democratic Republicans to split. (Source: Helen Cox Richardson) It’ll be exciting to see how this all plays out.

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        That statement doesn’t mean what u think it does. Democrats running the show doesn’t mean the working class is in power. Democrats just like republicans don’t give a shit about the working class or the poor. They do however love the people who are here illegally. In the past 16 years 12 of those years were being with democrats in charge and things have just gotten worse over time. But lemme guess “only bad cuz trump” right ?