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Capitalism or Constitution: Who Runs the United States
Summary: Answers questions relevent to capitalism, corporate hegemony, and congress.
After reading two different views on what influences political power in the United States, I have set out to answer 4 questions assigned to me to help define how laws and regulations are laid out, and in most cases, gone around all together. In the text "American Government", the reading was a very fundamental basis of how the federal government was ran according to the constitution and the various philosophies that members of political leadership employ to wield power to influence voters and fellow congressional leaders. On the other hand, "Voices of Dissent" gives a different point of view on how business and the capitalists in fact run this country through campaign contributions and legal loopholes.
In the text "American Government", the way power is defined as the ability to persuade others to go along with your plan. Which is an adequate definition considering you would feel more powerful...
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