Blog Stage 5

Modern day American government and our capitalistic society have become very entwined over the years. The American public, Democrats and Republicans, are coming to the consensus that the US economic and political systems, currently places a heavy importance on benefiting the richer percentile of the population, including big corporations. This consensus discourages Americans from engaging in political matters- for instance, not voting because Americans believe their vote doesn't matter and won't change the system that doesn't care about them. Wealthy individuals and big name corporations play a big part in the modern American electoral process, the easiest and most prime example being Donald Trump being elected as President. Money has become power with synonymous, and nowadays it is common belief that one cannot occur without the other. This mindset, and the fact that the American people believe the government favors (and cares more about) the rich show just how involved capitalism has become with democracy. In order to attempt to fix this problem, one thing that can be done is diminish the role of money in politics, in addition to altering the unethical corporate practices, so that workers receive more fair share proceeds, and the gap between corporate and the workers isn't as drastic.