Democracy in America Is a Useful Fiction
Chris Hedges writes for Truthdig.com: "Corporate forces, long before the Supreme Court’s decision in
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, carried out a coup d’état in slow motion. The coup is over. We lost. The ruling is one more judicial effort to streamline mechanisms for corporate control. It exposes the myth of a functioning democracy and the triumph of corporate power. But it does not significantly alter the political landscape. The corporate state is firmly cemented in place."
Recommended Audio: GRIT TV - Citizenship is a Long-term Game
In the wake of what some called the worst week for democracy since
Bush v. Gore, with the Democrats seeming to give up after losing one Senate seat and the Supreme Court allowing unlimited corporate influence on elections, GRITtv turns to
Melissa Harris-Lacewell,
Princeton professor,
Nation contributor, and author of
Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought
for some clarification–and consolation. Harris-Lacewell offers some thoughts on why it’s lazy and dangerous to refer to political opponents as crazy, on the way the health care reform process has provided a valuable civics lesson, and how political campaigns are beholden to money.
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