Who Benefits From Democracy
By James Quillian,Economist, Political Analyst, Natural Law
Democracy serves whoever holds political power. That’s the whole trick .Everything else is decoration.
Here’s how the arrangement plays out in the real world.
Roughly 15% of the population controls about 90% of the wealth. That small bloc uses the machinery of democracy to write laws that enrich themselves and steer government policy to their advantage. The result is predictable: a widening gulf between the ultra‑rich and everyone else.