The term originates from the Greek (dēmokratía) “rule of the people”, which was coined from (dêmos) “people” and (kratos) “power” (Wikipedia).

43,000 Transnational corporations (TNC) among OECD countries are controlled by 737 entities. Among this 737 TNC, 147 of them control 40% of the wealth. And finally among this elite of 147, 50 are ‘bundled’ in a super-entity.

Study – The network of global corporate controlhttp://arxiv.org/abs/1107.5728

More than half of the 71 members of Forbes’ list of the World’s Most Powerful People attended the same 11 schools.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2012/12/05/power-factories

‘Lobbyism & revolving door result in a loss of democracy in decision-making’ (Alter-Eu) – (charts from OpenSecrets)

http://www.opensecrets.orghttp://www.alter-eu.org

Top #1 world spending are for military purposeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures

(Eradicate hunger worldwide may cost up to $30 Bn.)

Top #2 world spending are for advertising purposeshttp://www.crowdscience.com/2011/09/show-me-the-stats-global-advertising-market-size-in-2011

(Eradicate hunger worldwide may cost up to $30 Bn.)

States budgets V Companies profits: top TNC (mainly oil & finance) are bigger than lots of countries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_government_budgets_by_countryhttp://www.forbes.com/global2000

‘The Supreme Court has given corporations the same rights, with regard to free speech, that we have as a citizen’

http://backstabberreport.com/5-supreme-court-justices-backstab-american-citizens-with-corporation-campaign-finance-law

Is democracy a pyramid? Is that what you feel inside? Really?

http://rwer.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/the-global-wealth-pyramid

Tax havens degrade our faith in democracyhttp://www.tackletaxhavens.com/the-problems/city-of-london/http://www.tackletaxhavens.com/the-problems/usa/http://www.tackletaxhavens.com/the-problems/delaware/

He described corporatocracy as a collective composed of corporations, banks, and governments. This collective is known as what author C Wright Mills would call the Power Elite. The Power Elite are wealthy individuals who hold prominent positions in Corporatocracies. These individuals control the process of determining society's economic and political policies (Wikipedia)

democracy

It may not mean what

you think it means