Living Under a Permanent Dictatorship

“[Our Epstein Class dictators tell us] it’s not that we live in a highly controlled oligarchy where both parties inflict war, ecocide, injustice and tyranny upon the rest of humanity on behalf of their wealthy donors — the problem is that you haven’t been voting for the correct candidates.” — Caitlin Johnstone (sarcastically) The news is constantly full of analyses and opinions to the effect that our “democracy” is under threat or no longer exists. But rarely do the writers then go on to articulate what is taking or has taken its place, the presumption being that if “we all do” the appropriate things, that this situation can be rescued and things will return to ‘normal’. But there is no power vacuum in the modern world. Simply stated, we are all living under a permanent dictatorship of corporate billionaires, lobbyists, and interest groups. This dictatorship remains firmly in place no matter who wins elections. It completely ignores the clearly-expressed will of citizens. It spends…