In this short video, Robert Ovetz, author of We the Elites: Why the US Constitution Serves the Few, explains how the US political system was designed by the elites in order to protect private property in perpetuity.
Today, many social movements have misplaced faith in the constitution as a tool for achieving justice when it actually impedes social change through the many roadblocks and obstructions we call ‘checks and balances’. This stymies urgent progress on issues like labour rights, poverty, public health and climate change, propelling the American people and rest of the world towards destruction.