Originally Posted by Jim B.

It is neither one.

It is a plutocracy. The large banks, big pharma, insurance and oil companies and big business bribe the legislature through the system of lobbying, that has been fully entrenched for many decades.

It pervades both political parties but in scope and breadth the Republicans are far far worse.

The public at large is meanwhile distracted and gets whipped up by hate radio, with all that vitriol, and the other media reports on divisive issues like gun control, abortion, gay rights, alleged racism and other hot buttons that make people furious.

The United States is a plutocracy. Plain and simple.