Джимми Картер про выборы в США.
Проблемы среднего класса, с которыми он столкнулся в последнее время (читай - уменьшение влияния класса на принятие решений), не могли не найти отражение в громких политических заявлениях. Так, бывший президент США, Джимми Картер (Jimmy Carter) обрушился с критикой на крупный бизнес и богатых граждан, усмотрев в их действиях наступления на "основные демократические принципы".
Вот краткие выдержки из его последнего интервью,
касательно темы выборов:
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter issued a blistering indictment of the American electoral process Tuesday, saying it is shot through with "financial corruption" that threatens democracy.
Speaking at the international human rights centre that bears his name, Carter said "we have one of the worst election processes in the world right in the United States of America, and it's almost entirely because of the excessive influx of money."
The 39th president lamented a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that allows unlimited contributions to third-party groups that don't have to disclose their donors.
и влияние США в мире
The United States, Carter said, has "less influence" over Middle East nations and diplomacy in that region than it has had at any time since Israel was established as a nation-state in 1948. "Our country's government has basically abandoned the effort," Carter said, adding that he still supports a two-state solution.
He said he hopes Israel resists any urge to strike Iran "on its own," and he discouraged President Obama from drawing a "line in the sand" that Iran would almost certainly cross.
In Syria, Carter said the civil war will worsen as other nations in the region flood the participants with weapons. "There is little hope of good things coming out of Syria any time soon," he said.
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Jimmy Carter slams ‘financial corruption’ in U.S. elections
Американский средний класс и потеря веры.
Про элиту.
Обратно про элиту.