Our democracy is broken. The average American’s voice is muffled – in many cases, silenced. The voices of ordinary Americans cannot be heard above the overpowering voices of the wealthy. Over the past few decades, our system turned into a plutocracy, or rule of the wealthy, and the American people are growing frustrated with a status quo that leaves them voiceless, powerless, and disadvantaged.
Things weren’t always this bad. In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission effectively boxed millions of Americans out of the political process by declaring that monetary expenditures are protected as free speech.