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The Clintons and Bushes are not really oligarchs. They represent a monarchy maybe of inherited wealth and status. Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Sergey Brin, Mark Zu
by ipaddr 5y ago
The Clintons and Bushes are not really oligarchs. They represent a monarchy maybe of inherited wealth and status.
Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerburg are better examples of oligarchs because they managed to create their own wealth and with that obtained political clout.
- cratermoon 5y ago> they managed to create their own wealth Haha, there's that fiction. See how deeply it pervades all thinking about power and success in the US?
- Ekaros 5y agoI take that politicians are more of useful tools. Not the people who have any real power or wealth.