Dan Kone
Well-Known Member
OK, as a European I don´t really understand this. Who runs the f***ing country?
The media, people/companies that pay for TV ads, and well funded activist groups decide which issues get addressed in the form of new laws. The people who make large campaign donations through lobbyists, hold fundraisers for political campaigns, and the companies that employ the most people get to decide how those new laws are written.
Basically, corporations, religious groups, and lobbyists representing special interest groups run the country at this point.
edit - yes, and China and Saudi Arabia get a say in military/economic policy.