Essay On Democracy In America

The government, a republic under democratic ideals, is supposed to represent the people. Yet what is truly being represented, shown in the policies in tax reductions and various other policies, is the rich. Just one of the top 10 most richest people in America have more money than 300 thousand of the lowest people put together. People are so distracted by other things, like racism, the gay marriage laws that were passed, and all these social issues that they don’t see one of the main problems at hand. Because of this “U.S government policies reflect the desires of the wealthy and interest groups more than the average citizen, according to researchers at Princeton University and Northwestern University” (Bondoli 1). Why? A democratic society has the most power in the people as a whole.
If we, as a whole, as a society, continue down this route, the future for the children looks very dismal. The rich, will simply just get richer and the poor, poorer. Many of us don’t know it. It’s a very simple solution and every single one of us has the power to do something about it. America is under a democracy, yet Americans have not use their democratic privilege to vote. People expect things to change without putting effort. There are 34% registered voters who did vote in the last election. It is so incredibly frustrating that people beg for change, Americans do all these things to preach about it to their friends, yet some of us do not take initiatives to vote. There are more who have not registered to vote either. As an American citizen, one is not obligated to vote, but why would someone not exercise a fundamental privilege, provided to them in order to preserve fairness and equality? It is because of the lack of education and proactivity in their everyday lives that have also contributed to the corruption in