Democracy In The United States

In the United States, our governmental system is comprised of what is known to be a democracy. A democracy is a system of government where power is given to the citizens of a nation who rule through freely elected representatives. Although not many people want to admit it, but here in the U.S., democracy is dying at an absurdly fast rate, and our governmental system is quickly turning into an oligarchy. An oligarchy is a small group of people that have control of the government, rather than it being controlled by the people of the nation. In the United States, the oligarchy that is forming is comprised of wealthy individuals who represent the interest of even wealthier individuals or corporations. Because our legislative bodies are doing very little to help the interests of poor and middle-class Americans, there has been a vast increase in income inequality, with a sharp surge seen in the last seven years, following the recession. At the closing of 2014, millionaire households owned about 41 percent of global private wealth, according to Boston Consulting Group. What’s even worse …show more content…
Winnie Byanyima, who is the executive director of Oxfam International, said the increased concentration of wealth was dangerous and needed to be reversed before something catastrophic happened on a global level. “The message is that rising inequality is dangerous. It’s bad for growth and it’s bad for governance. We see a concentration of wealth capturing power and leaving ordinary people voiceless and their interests uncared for,” said Byanyima. She went on the further say, “do we really want to live in a world where the 1% own more than the rest of us combined? The scale of global inequality is quite simply staggering and despite the issues shooting up the global agenda, the gap between the richest and the rest is widening