Pulse of The People: It’s not democracy President Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence is not a democracy. The only common people Jefferson championed were rural whites. His ultimate loyalty was to the slave holding elite. America is an oligarchy, a form of government whose power is restricted to a few, the ruling oligarchs whose definition of democracy at home and around the world is one of unconscionable greed, American ...
Aug. 26, 2013 - The Troy Record