The District of Columbia

The United States Government Has No Jurisdiction Outside The District Of Columbia

The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 a.k.a. “An Act to provide a Government for the District of Columbia” (41st Congress, 3d Sess., ch. 62, 16 Stat. 419, enacted 1871-02-21) is an Act of Congress, which revoked the individual charters of the City of Washington, the City of Georgetown, and the County of Washington and created a new city government for the entire District of Columbia. The legislation effectively merged what had been separate municipalities within the federal territory into a single entity. It is for this reason that the city, while legally named the District of Columbia, is still commonly known as Washington, D.C. However, this act was abolished in 1874, and while the name did not change, the territorial Governor was replaced with a three-member Board of Commissioners appointed by the President. This system existed until 1974 when the District of Columbia Home Rule Act allowed for District residents to elect their own mayor. Here is a direct quote from the DoCOA 1871 proving that they have no jurisdiction outside of their 68.3 square miles:

“Our corporate form of governance is based on Roman Civil Law and Admiralty, or Maritime, Law, which is also known as the ‘Divine Right of Kings‘ and the ‘Law of the Seas'”

This is the most powerful and significant information that exists about the “united states.” This federal, corporate, government that has been in place since February 21st, 1871. They don’t actually govern anyone, or anything but themselves! They have absolutely no control over our lives whatsoever. Furthermore, we have absolutely no influence over the decisions, or “ACTS” that they create for themselves which means that no matter what you, or anyone says OUR VOTES DO NOT COUNT! You know what else this means? It means that “Honest” Abe Lincoln not only lied and deceived the world about “freeing the slaves,” but he invented a system of slavery that would include everyone regardless of race or gender. If you think that “this is just a conspiracy theory,” you are wrong this time. Below is the proof that makes this an actual, factual, deep, dark conspiracy.

Lesser Known Secrets of "The Illuminati"

While the internet becomes more and more filled with disinformation about those in control, this certainly isn't good enough for them, the internet, itself, is in danger of being controlled and censored along with your freedom of speech. This seems to be the direction things are currently heading. It seems their method of disinformation has only backfired and drawn out those that know better and stand to correct the disinfo. No matter how long it may take.

If you're here, you obviously know something is very wrong, and have realised that something is even more wrong with the information you're being given about it, Congratulations on that, you deserve a big pat on the back. You've reached a level higher than what they ever wanted, now keep going, I can only do so much. Know that you are not alone, however. As much as they might have you think that nothing can be done or that it's a losing battle with no hope and no one to do anything about it, it's not true, and one of the biggest lies.


Here are a few others:

"Illuminati" members will not want you to know it that they are constantly in war with other organisations and groups. This is because they want to dominate the world and secure ultimate kingship. Therefore, they constantly feud among themselves while at the same time striving to increase the base of their power and undermine any obstructive competition.

"Illuminati" control the news and media in general, particularly television. If this is known by the general public, many would be keen to find out the details. Therefore, the members of the Illuminati will definitely not let out the truth to you as just mentioned, no matter how trustworthy you may think a particular radio or television personality may be. Who owns that station, who owns that publishing company once it is tracked back? Do you really think if they own it they are going to be putting out the truth?

Airwaves and newspapers are basic communication channels for members, this is not supposed to be known by outsiders. They will therefore pass and receive information and secret messages in television shows, movies, classified ads, and this information is sometimes even buried in news reports. Although hard to reveal and daunting to capture, they have other strange and highly hidden forms of communication, all around and within you, without your knowing it.

They will use the authority to hide their identities and existence as this is the only trusted source by the general public. Therefore the members will not let you know this truth, after all, they have encouraged mindless obedience to whatever orders generated from their servants.

"The Illuminati" is made up of the world’s top financial elite, anyone else is just a puppet. The elite have money and power and want to maintain that money and power at all costs. They believe they are gods like The Pharaohs of  old whose prestige and wealth gave them the ability to manipulate the masses and control an empire. They held life and death in their hands and considered themselves gods. Top musicians and celebrities from the entertainment industry are also often rumored to be members but usually it is only to distract you from the real members. Anyone who must earn a living is nothing more than a puppet to which promises are made. Theoretically, membership rolls are kept secret but do somehow, somewhere, exist.

Come Join The Debate on FB

Looking to find out the truth about the shadow gov't and their tactics? Come on by and join in on the debate. There's a new group i just formed to educate and diffuse the fear and ignorance and identify the real enemy on FB.

The group is all about exposing the Shadow Government, it's tactics, members, and beliefs, so feel free to challenge others' beliefs and get your beliefs challenged. Debate away! Ask any questions or post about Satanists, Illuminati, Luciferians, Atheists, Freemasons, Zionists, Jews, Christians, Muslims, Anti-Illuminati, Spiritualists, Believers in/Conspiracies, The NWO, Ghosts, UFOs, Aliens, Demons, but don't be surprised when it may not be what you've been told.

Non - Believers, Debunkers, Fence-sitters and Bystanders allowed.

At the heart of it all is their belief system and religion. Beliefs are the motivation,so debate away if you wish or anything else but it's best to have your facts ready.

If you know anyone you think would enjoy learning about this subject please add them or repost the group links on your profiles. This group is about exposing the illuminati and the things they do. It is not about promoting fear or ignorance.

Absolutely NO Disinformation allowed! 

Hope to see you there!

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Ancient Symbols and The Modern Legal System

Masonic symbology has come down to us from the cuneiform scripts of the Ancient Sumerians, circa 3000 B.C.. as well as the ancient Mesopotamians and Persians.

The icon of the female carrying the sword and scales is a universally recognized symbol of justice. But how many people aware that these are derived from pagan Greek and Roman concepts. Courthouses throughout America honor the Goddess of Justice with magnificent statues.


Justitia, a Roman goddess of justice symbolizes the fair and equal administration of the law, without corruption, avarice, prejudice, or favor; goddess of divine justice. Sculptors often portray her as evenly balancing both scales and a sword and wearing a blindfold (but often times without one). She sometimes holds the fasces (a bundle of rods around an ax) symbolizing judicial authority in one hand, and a flame in the other hand, symbolizing truth. The Fasces is also where the term Fascism is derived.


The ancient Greeks referred to her as Themis, a Greek mythological goddess originally the organizer of the “communal affairs of humans, particularly assemblies.” One of the Titans, pre-Hellenic nature deities born to Uranus and Ge, she remained and advised Zeus after his purge of the old pantheon. A daughter of Themis and Zeus, Dike, known as a goddess of justice but not divine justice, presided over the apportionment of things among mortals, the protection of individuals and the keeping of social and political order. She carried a sword without a scale of justice. At times Dike is said to be the same (or is she confused with?) Astraea. Astraea is also said to be a daughter of Themis and Zeus and is known as a goddess of justice. Also known as daughter of Eos and Astraeus 1, her head was crowned with ears of grain and for its measure carried a balance or scale. Astraea was the last of the immortals to leave earth after the Golden Age. She has also been called a goddess of purity and innocence. She became the constellation Virgo. Dike left earth when the Race of Bronze was born. Her ability to foresee the future enabled her to become one of the oracles at Delphi, which in turn led to her establishment as the goddess of divine justice. Classical representations of Themis did not show her blindfolded (because of her talent for prophecy, she had no need of a blindfold) nor did she hold a sword (because she represented common consent, not coercion).


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The flag of the modern state of Israel Pt. 1

The House of Rothschild 
was the moving force, both politically and financially, behind the original Zionist movement of Jews back to the land of Israel. Rothschild, began the Zionist Movement in 1896, funded the agitation through 1948 to get Israel re-established back in the land, and has owned the leadership of Israel up to the current day. To see the reality of this fact, you only need to examine Israel's flag. The hexagram is The Illuminist symbol for Israel, while the menorah is the true symbol of the Jewish religion.

Listen to Dr. O.J. Graham in a News Alert for July 24, 2007 with Cutting Edge Ministries:

"The quest began at York University, Ontario, Canada, when an Orthodox Jewish friend of mine was investigating Messianic Judaism ...

" '... the Star of David is not Jewish". (Orthodox Jew)

" 'Well, is it Jewish, Judaism, or Zionism?', I smiled." (Dr. Graham speaking)

" 'Not my brand of Judaism. We use the Menorah.' (Orthodox Jew replied)"

Can this be true? Is it possible that God's mandated Menorah is the real symbol for Ancient Israel, and not the "Star of David"?


How about Wikipedia :

"The menorah (Hebrew: ?????), is a seven branched candelabrum lit by olive oil in the Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem. The menorah is one of the oldest symbols of the Jewish people. It is said to symbolize the burning bush as seen by Moses on Mount Sinai (Exodus 25). "

Not satisfied? Listen to other sources:

"The Menorah has served as a uniquely Jewish symbol from antiquity to contemporary times. The Menorah can be found on ancient coins, gravestones, synagogue decorations. Today the Menorah serves as the seal and emblem of the Jewish State of Israel." ("About Judaism", http://judaism.about.com/cs/hanukkah/f/Menorah.htm )

Did you catch that pertinent quote? The Menorah was the symbol of Judaism "from antiquity to contemporary times".

The menorah which appears on the emblem of the State of Israel was copied from the relief carved into the Arch of Titus in Rome, where it had once stood for the suppression of the Jewish Revolt, the conquest of Jerusalem, and the destruction of the Temple. In this context, the symbol of the menorah expresses the thesis and antithesis of Jewish history." ("The Seventh-Branched Menorah: An Evolving Jewish Symbol", by Ida Huberman)

"The menorah was the most important symbol of the Temple after the Ark of the Covenant. The image of the biblical menorah is the symbol of the modern state of Israel." ("Israel seeks return of Temple artifacts", World Net Daily, January 16, 2004)

"One of the oldest symbols of the Jewish faith is the menorah, a seven-branched candelabrum used in the Temple." ("Jewish Symbols: The Menorah", Doing Judaism - http://www.doingzionism.org.il/resources/view.asp?id=48)

"The menorah is the official symbol of the Jewish nation." ("The history of the menorah", Jewish-Art.org, http://www.jewish-art.org/menorah.html )

"The national emblem of the State of Israel includes a seven branched-candelabrum, called Menorah, flanked by two olive branches." ("Menorah - Emblem of the State of Israel", (Israel Science and Technology, "Menorah - Emblem of the State of Israel", http://www.science.co.il/Israel-Emblem.asp )

"The menorah is a seven-branched candelabra often seen on Jewish tombstones, especially those of women. The menorah is one of the oldest symbols of Judaism." ("Cemeteries and Cemetery Symbols", http://cemeteries.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/menorah/ )

"The seven-branched menorah's presence in the Holy Temple had been commanded in the Torah (the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament) ... Over the years, the menorah has evolved to represent more than a candelabra. It has become a symbol of Judaism, and is even used on some Israeli coins." ("Hanukkah: The Dedication of the Temple, the Meaning of the Menorah, the Whirling Wonder of the Dreidel", Galleria Judaica: The Jewish Wedding Experts" - http://www.galleryjudaica.com/articles/hanukah.html )

Next post:

The Hexagram/Star of David's unholy use since the time of Ancient Babylon and Egypt.

A message to the awakened ones ....

If you want to make a difference and help to awaken the masses for a better and honest world there IS something YOU can do to fight back, you can actually use their own most prized weapon of mass manipulation against them... It's very simple, very effective and it's FREE!!!

All you need to do is make it a daily habit (I do it every night before I go to bed) to take out all of your paper money and on the white paper edge of each bill write this: "Google: WTC7"
Money is THEIR greatest weapon against us, they create it out of nothing, make us slave away our entire lives just to try and earn enough of it to survive. They use it to start and fund endless and pointless wars so they can send more 'useless eaters' off to kill and die for no reason other than they hate us and want us all dead. Now it's time for US to use their own weapon against them to expose and destroy them... and the irony is like icing on a cake!
Most of the paper money in circulation gets passed through more hands, more wallets, pockets and purses etc. than you could ever imagine and can often finds it's way to every corner of the country and back again. By only writing on the white edge part of the bill you are not actually defacing it, therefore it is not a reason for it to be removed from circulation. This is something that only takes a minute of your time each day, but has the potential to ultimately change the course of history in a very positive way! The phrase 'Google: WTC7' is a simple but perfect introduction to the truth. Most people won't have any idea what 'WTC7' is and being that it's only four characters; many will type it into Google just out of sheer curiosity. However the results from that search and the path it will lead them down will change their life forever. So make this small thing a daily habit and pass it on so others will do it too. Copy and paste THIS to your channel, your facebook wall and anywhere else you can think of! Let's awaken this sleepy lion (aka humanity) and then we can feed it some elite assholes for breakfast and make this a much better world for everyone!

many thanks to 1loydster 

Freemasons - What's the connection?

"The proper cure for bad information is more information, not secrecy or censorship."Author Unknown

The "Illuminati" was/is a case of Fake Masonry.


Fake Masons? Counterfeit Freemasonry. What's THAT all about anyway? People don't really just 'pretend' to be Masons, do they? They wouldn't just start a group and call themselves something they aren't....

Well, yes - in some cases they do! Even at the formation of the very first Grand Lodge there were rival groups, imitators, dissenters, and merely idle 'troublemakers'. Why? A variety of reasons but usually spite, a strong desire for self-aggrandizement and/or personal greed seem to top the list.

All three are strong motivators, particularly when someone feels that they can bring themselves greater personal recognition and reward. Today, they can use the internet to create what appears to be 'the real deal' - but better - so that the unsuspecting who want to actually become Masons will wind up giving them money (and praise) instead. There are also those who create such organizations as a 'front' for other nefarious deeds, usually criminal. Long before telemarketing and telephones, Masonic degree peddling was a VERY lucrative business, making scam artists a pretty penny. Today with the internet, such scams grow and flourish! As with telemarketing, these spurious groups do LOTS of dancing around trying to claim "We are legitimate!" while regular, 'recognized' Grand Lodges merely go about their business.

Oh, what the heck....

The 'not bothering to notice' attitude taken by regular/recognized Grand Lodges and the general tenor of today's society seems to be the cause of some Masons taking what they would regard as a 'live and let live' attitude. They'll assert, for example, that these groups have just as much right to be regarded as Freemasons as those who are regular/recognized and who have historical roots to the foundation of the organization. Sadly, though, their logic is based on a flawed assumption: they presume that because someone has gotten a ritual from somewhere and has decided that they can call themselves Masons (or Free-Masons, or whatever), then they actually are. It would be as foolish as my claiming to be a woman, or a car, or a hippopotamus and expecting everyone to recognize me as such. Just because someone CLAIMS to be something, doesn't make it so! I can claim to be Italian - but I'm not. I can claim to be a Doctor of Engineering - but I'm not. Why should someone CLAIM to be a Mason when all they've done is read from a ritual that they bought in a grocery store?

From the pages under 'Related Topics' on the right side of this page you can see some examples of just WHY anyone who stands up to proclaim that they're a Mason should NEVER be regarded as such.

In Freemasonry today, if someone is particularly friendly or seems quite intelligent, many of those online will easily succumb to the rhetoric that 'they're a Mason even if my Grand Lodge doesn't accept them as such'. They'll tell you that they're a "different obedience" as if they were somehow quasi-legitimate. Tired arguments, sometimes dragging Prince Hall Freemasonry into the picture, blur the matter and ignore the fact that these counterfeit groups simply appear out of thin air and now use the internet (as well as ignorance about the many differences from Grand Lodge to Grand Lodge) to claim their legitimacy. 'Dumbed down' arguments ("It's like comparing which of two rock bands are better." or "It's the difference between strawberry ice cream and coffee ice cream.") completely overlook a several hundred year old structure which assures a certain degree of uniformity in behavior that, in their case is non-existent and is subject only to the whims of the creator-leader, regardless of his (her) benign motives or criminal intent.

The moniker 'fake' seems harsh, particularly to those who bear that label from this website, but what else can one call a group that solicits membership using the symbols of an organization to which they have no formal connection, save the use of the same ritual - perhaps from a book bought in a grocery store? Because a tractor uses gasoline, can it be called a motorcycle and driven around on a freeway? These groups will also make claims of being the legacy heir of some fanciful legend and their websites may show the leadership in fancy Masonic trappings (sometimes looking like parodies of a jewelry store mannequin) all designed - again - to obfuscate their illegitimacy. They want you to believe that if you join with them you'll be "a Mason" in all respects (and, it's intimated, a far BETTER one than that old, stodgy 300+ year old group with the several million members) when, in fact, you're only a member of their own small group of miscreants, governed by a not-always benevolent dictatorship. You will certainly NOT be accepted as a Freemason nor can you - as is said in Masonic ritual - "travel in foreign countries, work, and receive Master's pay".

Run this by me again: isn't all Masonry the same thing?

No, not really.... There are many organizations/groups and individuals who try to present themselves as 'Masonic' (or pretend that they're 'Masonry') when they are only so in their own minds. While theymay consider themselves to be Masons, no one else in the world does - and therein lies the rub. Because the words 'Mason', 'Masonry', 'Freemasonry', and the like are not protected by copyright, trademark or in any other enforceable way, their free use is found everywhere in the world. You yourself could start "Joe's Masonic Lodge" tomorrow if you wished. Would any Mason recognize you as being a legitimate Mason or Masonic entity? No - although you yourself might feel to your very core that you and your organization were, indeed, 'Masonic'. 

TERRORISM AND THE ILLUMINATI

Contrary to myth being fabricated, Islam does not pose a threat to the West. Rather, Islamic “terrorist” organizations have been created to serve Western imperialistic objectives. These groups are intertwined with Western power through a network of occult secret societies. This relationship dates back to sixth century BC, and the birth of the Kabbalah, in Babylon; a plot to seek world domination through the use of magic and deception.

Herod the Great incepted a series of cooperative dynastic relationships. Their first conspiracy: to corrupt the emerging Christian movement, imposed upon the Roman Empire as Catholicism, with which they would struggle ever since for supremacy over Western civilization.

During the Crusades, these dynastic families associated with their counterparts in the East, members of the heretical Ismaili Muslims of Egypt, known as the Assassins. Templars were believed to have "rescued" a number of these "Eastern Mystics", and brought them to Scotland, being the basis Scottish Rite Freemasonry. The legend also led to the formation of the "Asiatic Brethren", founded by followers of the infamous Jewish false-messiah, Shebbetae Zevi. The Asiatic Brethren then became the successors of the Illuminati, and became involved in the development of Egyptian Rite Freemasonry.

With Napoleon’s conquest of Egypt, Freemasons in his army reconnected with their brethren in Egypt, sparking a relationship that was pivotal to the development of the Occult Revival of the late nineteenth century.

These associations were part of a grand strategy, as outlined by Albert Pike, who originally devised a plot for three world wars, culminating in a third against the Muslim world. However, because the Islamic world had been successfully dismantled, both through the instigations of the West, and by way of their own corruption, they were incapable of mobilizing any kind of threat. It therefore had to be contrived.

This was the agenda of the Oxford Movement, to spread Scottish Rite Freemasonry in the Middle East, headed by Lord Palmerston, Benjamin Disraeli and Edward Bullwer-Lytton, a leading occult figure, as head of the SRIA, or English Rosicrucians, which evolved directly from the Asiatic Brethren.

The agent of this strategy was a notorious impostor by the name of Jamal ud Din al Afghani, who became the founder of what is called the Salafi "reform" movement of Islam. According to K. Paul Johnson, it was Afghani, as head of the occult Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, or HB of L, who was responsible for teaching Helena Blavatsky her central doctrines. Helena P. Blavatsky, the famous medium and mystic, was the godmother of the New Age movement, whose books are considered the "bibles" of Freemasonry. Numerous other leading occultists affiliated with the English Rosicrucians and Egyptian Rite Freemasonry travelled to Egypt at the time, and on their return, established branches of the HB of L, out of which emerged the Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO), the most notorious member of which was Aleister Crowley.

The Nazis were the result of a merging of the O.T.O of Crowley and the Thule Gesselschaft of Germany. It is presumably for this reason that Hitler, when he wished to create an arm of German Intelligence in Egypt, contacted a leading Salafi and Freemason, named Hasan al Banna. With the demise of the Nazis following WWII, control of the organization was transferred to the CIA. It was its eventual head, Allen Dulles who spearheaded the move to hire ex-Nazis to train the terrorists.

The Tri-Force

The Secret Manifesto of The Shadow Government

An illusion it will be, so large, so vast it will escape their perception.

Those who will see it will be thought of as insane.

We will create separate fronts to prevent them from seeing the connection between us.

We will behave as if we are not connected to keep the illusion alive. Our goal will be accomplished one drop at a time so as to never bring suspicion upon ourselves. This will also prevent them from seeing the changes as they occur.

We will always stand above the relative field of their experience for we know the secrets of the absolute.

We will work together always and will remain bound by blood and secrecy. Death will come to he who speaks.

We will keep their lifespan short and their minds weak while pretending to do the opposite.

We will use our knowledge of science and technology in subtle ways so they will never see what is happening.

We will use soft metals, aging accelerators and sedatives in food and water, also in the air.

They will be blanketed by poisons everywhere they turn.

The soft metals will cause them to lose their minds. We will promise to find a cure from our many fronts, yet we will feed them more poison.

The poisons will be absorbed trough their skin and mouths, they will destroy their minds and reproductive systems.

From all this, their children will be born dead, and we will conceal this information.

The poisons will be hidden in everything that surrounds them, in what they drink, eat, breathe and wear.

We must be ingenious in dispensing the poisons for they can see far.

We will teach them that the poisons are good, with fun images and musical tones.

Those they look up to will help. We will enlist them to push our poisons.

They will see our products being used in film and will grow accustomed to them and will never know their true effect.

When they give birth we will inject poisons into the blood of their children and convince them its for their help.

We will start early on, when their minds are young, we will target their children with what children love most, sweet things.

When their teeth decay we will fill them with metals that will kill their mind and steal their future.

When their ability to learn has been affected, we will create medicine that will make them sicker and cause other diseases for which we will create yet more medicine.

We will render them docile and weak before us by our power.

They will grow depressed, slow and obese, and when they come to us for help, we will give them more poison.

We will focus their attention toward money and material goods so they many never connect with their inner self. We will distract them with fornication, external pleasures and games so they may never be one with the oneness of it all.

Their minds will belong to us and they will do as we say. If they refuse we shall find ways to implement mind-altering technology into their lives. We will use fear as our weapon.

We will establish their governments and establish opposites within. We will own both sides.

We will always hide our objective but carry out our plan.

They will perform the labor for us and we shall prosper from their toil.

Our families will never mix with theirs. Our blood must be pure always, for it is the way.

We will make them kill each other when it suits us.

We will keep them separated from the oneness by dogma and religion.

We will control all aspects of their lives and tell them what to think and how.

We will guide them kindly and gently letting them think they are guiding themselves.

We will foment animosity between them through our factions.

When a light shall shine among them, we shall extinguish it by ridicule, or death, whichever suits us best.

We will make them rip each other's hearts apart and kill their own children.

We will accomplish this by using hate as our ally, anger as our friend.

Proof of The Illuminati

Princeton Study Proves The U.S. Is an Oligarchy 

Despite the seemingly strong empirical support in previous studies for theories of majoritarian democracy, our analyses suggest that majorities of the American public actually have little influence over the policies our government adopts. Americans do enjoy many features central to democratic governance, such as regular elections, freedom of speech and association, and a widespread (if still contested) franchise. But we believe that if policymaking is dominated by powerful business organizations and a small number of affluent Americans, then America’s claims to being a democratic society are seriously threatened.

- From a recent study titled Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens by Martin Gilens of Princeton University and Benjamin I. Page of Northwestern University

ol·i·gar·chy

ˈäliˌgärkē,ˈōli-/

noun

1. a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.

   "the ruling oligarchy of military men around the president"

   • a country governed by an oligarchy.

     "the English aristocratic oligarchy of the 19th century"
   • government by oligarchy.

In a study titled "Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens," conducted by two professors, one from Princeton and one from Northwestern University, the empirical data shows that the interests of the elites and special interests outweighs the interests of the majority. The study compared 1,800 different U.S. policies that were put in place by politicians between 1981 and 2002 to the type of policies preferred by the average and wealthy American, or special interest groups. Their data shows that public policy lines up with the policies advocated by interest groups and elites, even when those policies opposed by a majority of the population.


Researchers then concluded that U.S. policies are formed more by special interest groups than by politicians properly representing the will of the general people, including the lower-income class.


“The central point that emerges from our research is that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while mass-based interest groups and average citizens have little or no independent influence."


The study also found: “When a majority of citizens disagrees with economic elites and/or with organized interests, they generally lose.”

What is most incredible to me is that the data under scrutiny in the study was from 1981-2002. One can only imagine how much worse things have gotten since the 2008 financial crisis. The study found that even when 80% of the population favored a particular public policy change, it was only instituted 43% of the time.


Another thing that the study noted was that average citizens sometimes got what they wanted, but this is almost always when their preferences overlap with the oligarchs. When this occurs it is entirely coincidental, and in many cases are the result of public opinion being molded by the elite-controlled special interest groups themselves. 

That's it folks, as if it needed to be proven with a study, The U.S. government now represents the rich and powerful, not the average citizen. America is no longer a democracy — never mind the democratic republic envisioned by Founding Fathers, it has taken a turn down elitist lane and become a country led by a small dominant class comprised of powerful members who exert total control over the general population. FACT.

The 42 page study was released in the fall of 2014 in .pdf format from the Princeton website, but has since then mysteriously vanished. Of particular note is some of the conclusions can actually prove quite helpful to activists who want to have a greater impact in changing things and now it has become much harder to get. For those interested, I have included excerpts from the study after the jump: