Oligarchy Has Arrived in America. Will We Confront It?
Oligarchy Has Arrived in America. Will We Confront It?
Why we need a return to truly progressive taxation.
Arrived?
It's been here for decades, the only difference is it now works in the forefront instead of behind the scenes.
I'd say it's been oligarchy to a degree since the inception of the US. The state has always served the interest of the rich capital owners.
I think people are using "Oligarchy" to describe fascism.
Fascism is simply capitalism in decline looking for a scapegoat for its failures and contradictions.
Oooooo so we're just going to act like millennials were mad for no reason all these years?
Were the oligarchs not a concern during occupy Wall Street? Or did everyone just fall for the propaganda?
I'm personally a fan of all the people who called us (and continue to call us) alarmists and who dismiss everything as overreacting
OligarchyFascism.They're the same picture...
Yes. But it's a VERY big problem when we give them a different name. The typical American doesn't really know what an oligarchy is. Many more are familiar with the concept of fascism. It obscures the issue. Call a spade a spade.
"Has arrived"?!? Motherfucker what have you been watching for 100+ years?
This sounds as observant as the epiphany that you can't breathe under water unassisted.
Oligarchy has existed in the US since its inception. Fascist oligarchy is what has arrived.
Nah, you couldn't even be bothered to vote against fascism.
I feel like if we were serious about "doing something" then we would have before this point. Now the vast majority of people are just pretending nothing is happening and we'll have a free and fair election in 3.5 years and all the prices will magically go down for the first time in history, and all our rights will be restored.
USA was made by oligarchs, for oligarchs. That's the entire purpose of a Republic.
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No
No, so long as the bread and circuses continue to flow.
Nah.
Also, it was already here.