answer, finance.\n\nThe USA isn't a factual democracy. Its a corporate oligarchy, meaning rule by the few and in this case, by those who have the money.\n\nIf you doubt this, why is it only rich white men get to even run? Why can't ralph nader get a fair shake? There isn o real democracy. Considering that the elections are rigged,\neven the appearance of democracy is fraudulent. It used to be fraudulent because there was no real choice other than from the same batch of rich white men. Republican or Democrat, your only choice was to vote for a Rich White Snoob. In the last election, that means that we got to vote for skull and bones satanic human sacrifice death cult member A or B. Both Bush and Kerry are members of a satanic\nsacrificial Cult, "the Skull and Bones" secret society.\nThats not a choice, its satanic evil no matter what you pick.\n\nBecause money also owns the media, and in particular republcians own most of the media, the further problem is\nthat money determines what ideas get aired. Too few people know what is going on because money buys popular opinion via\npropaganda.\n\n\n\nIt was a mostly beneficient oligarchy until recently.