So David Icke was right?
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- georgesIII-3
@uekit, posting here because the note killed the link,
There is actually a research paper Princeton and Northwestern did that say clearly state that the "elite" has more power to influence policies than the population.
here's the pdf, it's a good read:
http://scholar.princeton.edu/sit…Each of four theoretical traditions in the study of American politics—which can be characterized as theories of Majoritarian Electoral Democracy, Economic-Elite Domination, and two types of interest-group pluralism, Majoritarian Pluralism and Biased Pluralism—offers different predictions about which sets of actors have how much influence over public policy: average citizens; economic elites; and organized interest groups, mass-based or business-oriented.
A great deal of empirical research speaks to the policy influence of one or another set of actors, but until recently it has not been possible to test these contrasting theoretical predictions against each other within a single statistical model. We report on an effort to do so, using a unique data set that includes measures of the key variables for 1,779 policy issues.
Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence. The results provide substantial support for theories of Economic-Elite Domination and for theories of Biased Pluralism, but not for theories of Majoritarian Electoral Democracy or Majoritarian Pluralism.
- go to the "American Democracy?" bit if you don't want to read the whole thinggeorgesIII
- So rich and powerful people have influence, not really surprising. But they aren't all working together, and don't control everything that happens in the world.yuekit
- These links you're posting don't come close to proving the kind of stuff people like David Icke are claiming.yuekit
- What proof do up you have to back up your belief, ukit?set
- Just curious. The sceptics are often as crazy and illogical as the conspiracy theorists.set
- downvoting a research paper... what's the point to even try anymore
@ukit, what make you think people like eimpstein, clinton, kissinger, etc, follow the samegeorgesIII - set of rules you abide too, didn't you notice the justice doesn't work the same when you have millions/billions in your bank accountgeorgesIII
- perfect example
http://gawker.com/he…georgesIII - People like ukit don't deal in facts, they deal in comforting non-belief system shattering conveniences.set