In all Fairness, we are much closer to a Fascist Society today as defined by Mussolini. Big Business runs most everything.
Just look at Obamacare - It is a big sell out to only the Large Insurers - The midsize and smaller insurers are locked out. An now they are talking about over 150 Billion in subsidies because not enough new people signed up.
We are engaging in endless wars against a military tactic called terrorism. No explanation needed here.
The large banks got bailed out in 2008, and now there are more derivatives, and much more debt. The limited audit of the FED show 15 Trillion being funneled to banks. 10 Billion in the U.S. and 5 Billion to other countries. Yes, there was turnaround ... However, why are the ten largest banks much bigger than they were? This was identified as the primary cause.
And so forth and so on ... Average Citizens just watch the MSM and believe what they see as a whole, unfortunately ...
Shermann