You call this a democracy?
Subtitle: who benefits, who pays, who really decides?
By: Paul Rivel ; illustrations by Alberto Ledesma.
Publisher: Apex Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Elite (Social sciences) -- United States; Power (Social sciences) -- United States; Equality -- United States
Description: Arguing that the United States has always had a ruling class, this book does not focus on the current administration or rogue corporations, but presents a deeper, longer-term analysis of how the ruling class has created and uses the Constitution, corporations and the courts, as well as a host of other mechanisms such as tax laws, wars, buffer zones, and distractions, to dominate our society and accumulate wealth. [publisher web site].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.