Scientists prove: US is oligarchy, not democracy

[thranx]

SamuelRSmith said:

thranx said:

oh it will help with accountability. Right now washington is all the way accross the country for me. if i want to make change happen there all i can do is vote. While Sacramento is far from me, I can still drive there in a day and be heard by some body. Also on state and local levels there are far more options than dem or repub. they are still the big two, but othere parties actually stand a chance at state and local levels. My hope is someday for sttes to take power from the feds, than counties from the state, than cities from the counties, and hopefully by than things will be better. I doubt it would happen but you never know.

Sacramento is a much larger threat to your liberty than D.C. How has its location changed any of that? The people in the Californian State Government are like the Feds on steroids.

I agree with CA are like feds on steriods. But not all of CA is like that, I live in a pretty republican/conservative area. Polotics in CA are very much like on the national level though because CA is so big. But even than, I prefer goverance closer to home, its at least 1 step closer.