Democracy is an illusion! It’s become a political system fostered by the élite, for the élite, in order to fool the people that they have a stake in the system. In actual fact, they have virtually none. The whole political system in the modern era, despite having noble beginnings, is now used to benefit the few at the expense of the many. – Mark Alexander, June 29, 2018
Saturday 11 May 2019
As Trump Brags of Booming Economy Half of Americans Will Retire with Nothing
News about how great the economy is doing is being shoved into our faces nearly every day, especially by members of the Trump administration. But the truth is that the economy is not doing better than ever and American workers are actually struggling more than ever. Once you dig past the numbers on the surface you begin to see just how bad things actually are for a majority of Americans, and most of them don’t think that the economy is “surging” at all. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.
