Key takeaways from this chapter

Elites from England began their rule in America over 400 years ago at the beginning of colonial times. After the revolution, to maintain control of the government and to thwart the rising use of democracy by the people, power elites created the Constitution. Political parties were added to give them further control over the government without scrutiny.

The root cause of the political divide and of most of our other political problems is that the power elite monopolize control of the government through the major political parties.