In five pages this paper presents the argument that rather than being a democracy the US is instead a plutocracy controlled by the powerful elite. Two sources are cited in the bibliography.
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are always in action. The country was founded on the concept of the government by the people and for the people, as the Constitution notes. America has also been known
as a country in which almost anyone can aspire to grow up to be president. But in this day and age, is this necessarily true? Many critics of the U.S.
government have their doubts, as supporting a campaign even for a lower level office, such as Congress, takes a great deal of money -- or a lot of fund-raising. This
could mean, conceivably, that the United States is not so much a democracy -- a government by the people, who elect people to run the government for them; as much
as it is a plutocracy -- a government that is run by extraordinarily wealthy people. Before discussing exactly what type of government
the U.S. has, it would be helpful to examine the definition of a "pure" democracy. According to the Columbia Encyclopedia, democracy is a Greek word that, literally translated, means "rule
of the people" (Democracy, 2002). The concept of democracy originated in ancient Greece to describe a government by which the people share in directing the activities of the state, rather
than governments that are controlled by a single class, select group or single person, such as a monarch (Democracy, 2002). In later years, however, the concept of democracy has been
expanded to describe a philosophy of people, through elected representatives, to control institutions for their own purposes (Democracy, 2002). This value focuses on equality of the individual and that necessary
restraints be imposed only by the consent of the majority (Democracy, 2002). The questionable aspect about this definition of democracy and