Since man started farming and forming towns and cities, I imagine. Whether it was paternal granting of power or money and business capital, guy with the land/money had the power.
The middle class runs this country, but is often self destructive in policy. The top is too little a number for a coalition and the bottom is a limited political power for a lot of same reasons they're at the bottom economically too.
But based on the statistical analysis done in the paper, that isn't true 53. The middle class does not run this country. Unless you mean in some other way than policy.
A good starting point to answering that question would be to take a longer look at the study that claims to do so.
The middle class is the voting block that hold the power. The top has money and skills to influence, but they must influence the population as well too. That's why most elections are based on stupid shit that has little to do with anything of importance.
Now I will concede the fact that once policies and programs are in operation, that the big money controls them
It turns out, in fact, that the preferences of average citizens are positively and fairly highly correlated, across issues, with the preferences of economic elites so basically his study is dumb
Do you think the paper is arguing the middle class isn't the largest voting block? Your second sentence is the point.
Uh... Ya. It must be his study that is dumb. He and his study are dumb. Ignore all the numbers and statistical work. Just dumb.
I see where he says 2/3rds of policy changes are favored by the majority and that rich people and the majority tend to have similar preferences. where do you go from that to the US being an oligarchy?
