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The article is very Marxist, using popular terms that attempt to stoke a recollection of occupy wall street and similar movements failed movements. If a true o
by justaman 8y ago
The article is very Marxist, using popular terms that attempt to stoke a recollection of occupy wall street and similar movements failed movements.
If a true oligarchy were to come into power it would be likely to be overthrown in the west now more than ever. I posit that the best interest of the 1% is not to position itself in this manner. If the 1% truly is based in the objectivist-selfish philosophy then this would be very obvious. Without a middle class, the upper class has no buffer between itself and the poorest class. I think history states that this would be a society primed for revolution.
- arcticbull 8y agoI disagree about the swift overthrow; it’s easy to say that when you go from pure democracy to pure oligarchy with no transition, but by boiling the frog, and one day the change could seem natural or even welcome. It’s not easy to see the pieces of the puzzle for what it is until it’s fully assembled. Your argument re middle class disappearing is addressed in the write up; the argue by strengthening law enforcement and government that they can hold the populace at bay by force. There are many past and present examples of authoritarians retaining control by force, but it’s not as elegant a solution as convincing people it’s what they wanted all along imo.