Tex wrote:

Noam Chomsky asserts that the US is, and always has been, a polyarchy,
i.e. the ruling elite choose the individuals who will rule and then
let the people vote for them to create the illusion of participatory
democracy. Presidential election history makes it very difficult to
refute his thesis.


Very likely true. The candidates are pre selected for our approval. It's
like a shell game where even if you win you lose.


mike