There exists a network of nonprofit organizations through which members of the upper class and hired corporate leaders not yet in the upper class shape policy debates in the United States.
Those with money control policy making
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- Apr 2018
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whorulesamerica.ucsc.edu whorulesamerica.ucsc.edu
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So, it is usually concluded by most power analysts that elected officials, along with "interest groups" like "organized labor" and "consumers," have enough "countervailing" power to say that there is a more open, "pluralistic" distribution of power rather than one with rich people and corporations at the top.
"Power analysts" say that there is enough control from by multiple groups of people to control the flow of power.
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Wage and salary workers, when they are organized or disruptive, sometimes have been able to gain concessions on wages, hours, and working conditions.
Wage workers can disrupt businesses (i.e. through unionizing) to get better pay
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Those who have the money -- or more specifically, who own income-producing land and businesses -- have the power.
People with a lot of money are the ones in power
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- Mar 2018
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www.salon.com www.salon.com
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However, while games uniquely induce such feelings of being inadequate, they also motivate us to play more in order to escape the same inadequacy, and the feeling of escaping failure (often by improving our skills) is central to the enjoyment of games.
We feel inadequate, and by accomplishing the task we "repair the inadequacy". The more we play, the less inadequate we feel.
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We seek out games, although we will experience something that we normally avoid.
Even though we know we will fail before playing a game, the challenge is something that we seek out anyway.
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