Why isn't the government run by the people?

[Anonymous]

Instead it's run by billionaires and career politicians.

[NaultD]

It is a government of the people by the people. The thing is we want to be billionairs and the career politician is just representing what people want.

We are getting exactly what we want to the letter and the outcomes is very monkey paw wish style.

Anything leftist or working class conciseness is called communist or woke. So we condemn it to hell. So be default shit on the heads of the working, check. What's next? Every one is a week away from a billionair from hard work let's cater to them. Ok check.

[msc545]

Because at least in the United States money is more important than people. You can thank the wonderful system of capitalism for this garbage.

[Yabbut]

Because over many years, in exchange for feeling like the government is there to hold their hands, people have allowed that right to slowly be chipped away. We've traded freedom for a nanny state.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes it's not even the politicians. Trump looks like a puppet for Elon Musk

[talentedclock]

Because democracy is a farce. At least with a monarchy or dictatorship you know who's in charge.

Who's in charge of the US government? Is it the President? Congress? The People? Billionaires? The Intelligence agencies? Unelected bureaucrats? The Supreme Court? The media? Political Action Committees and other special interest groups?

Your guess is as good as mine. It's just a game of passing the buck.

[ProbablyClueless]

Well... it's tough to say when exactly the change happened, but somewhere between the court ruling that corporations have rights of free speech and can lobby politicians; and the implementation of the philosophy that "Democracy" was about institutions and not the will of the people (a span of about 80 years).

[lightbulb27]

they were so poorly educated, so that those wealthy can control it.

[exitseven]

because it costs boatloads of money to run for office.

[Anonymous]

That's how it works because they set it up that way.

[Pterodon]

Democrats believe the government owns the people. Republicans believe the people own the government.

[Agape93]

Because people keep putting tyrants in power.

[purplepoppy]

Been that way for centuries

[DrPepper12]

And who allows, even unwittingly encourages that?

[seeyounexttuesday]

The people just shut down an omnibus bill