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The present situation of American democracy is also described in the wise words of Edward Abbey: “What happens to democracy when 2 percent of America’s families--according to Federal Reserve Board reports--control 40 percent of our national wealth? When 10 percent control 80 percent? We’re drifting toward an El Salvadorian, Latin American form of income redistribution. Lincoln defined democracy as government not only for and of the people, but, by the people. Sounds like a good idea. We should try it sometime in America” (Abbey 77). The abuse of power over others is a depraving agency, and the liberty of the “minority” only benefits humankind.
Works Cited
Eitzen, D., and Maxine Baca Zinn. Social Problems. Ninth edition. Pearson, 2004.
Abbey, Edward. One Life at a Time, Please. New York: Holt, 1988.
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Ebuenyi Ikenna D. | May 12th, 2004
Is just about truths,our theirs and that of the guys on top at the moment.
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