Posted at Hartmann Report on Jul. 26, 2022
Will American Democracy Vanish If We Don't Drain the Swamp?
No republic in history has ever survived as a functioning democracy more than a few generations once political bribery is legalized or becomes widespread.
A recent poll from the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics found that a majority of Americans agree that the government is “corrupt and rigged against everyday people like me.” Sixty-six percent of Republicans and 46 percent of Democrats agreed with that statement; only 9 percent of Republicans and 25 percent of Democrats disagreed.