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The term originates from the Greek (dēmokratía) “rule of the people”, which was coined from (dêmos) “people” and (kratos) “power” (Wikipedia).
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43,000 Transnational corporations (TNC) among OECD countries are controlled by 737 entities. Among this 737 TNC, 147 of them control 40% of the wealth. And finally among this elite of 147, 50 are ‘bundled’ in a super-entity.
Study – The network of global corporate controlhttp://arxiv.org/abs/1107.5728
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More than half of the 71 members of Forbes’ list of the World’s Most Powerful People attended the same 11 schools.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2012/12/05/power-factories
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‘Lobbyism & revolving door result in a loss of democracy in decision-making’ (Alter-Eu) – (charts from OpenSecrets)
http://www.opensecrets.orghttp://www.alter-eu.org
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Top #1 world spending are for military purposeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures
(Eradicate hunger worldwide may cost up to $30 Bn.)
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Top #2 world spending are for advertising purposeshttp://www.crowdscience.com/2011/09/show-me-the-stats-global-advertising-market-size-in-2011
(Eradicate hunger worldwide may cost up to $30 Bn.)
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States budgets V Companies profits: top TNC (mainly oil & finance) are bigger than lots of countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_government_budgets_by_countryhttp://www.forbes.com/global2000
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‘The Supreme Court has given corporations the same rights, with regard to free speech, that we have as a citizen’
http://backstabberreport.com/5-supreme-court-justices-backstab-american-citizens-with-corporation-campaign-finance-law
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Is democracy a pyramid? Is that what you feel inside? Really?
http://rwer.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/the-global-wealth-pyramid
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Tax havens degrade our faith in democracyhttp://www.tackletaxhavens.com/the-problems/city-of-london/http://www.tackletaxhavens.com/the-problems/usa/http://www.tackletaxhavens.com/the-problems/delaware/
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He described corporatocracy as a collective composed of corporations, banks, and governments. This collective is known as what author C Wright Mills would call the Power Elite. The Power Elite are wealthy individuals who hold prominent positions in Corporatocracies. These individuals control the process of determining society's economic and political policies (Wikipedia)
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democracy
It may not mean what
you think it means