> Quite simply, wealthy people have used their wealth to purchase democracy, to warp democracy in their own interests. They’ve done that through a global templa

> Quite simply, wealthy people have used their wealth to purchase democracy, to warp democracy in their own interests. They’ve done that through a global template that involves lowering taxes, privatising formerly public attempts to deal with common problems, liquidating the spending that went into things like social services, and then putting that money into their own pockets.” When did this happen? Taxes are near at the highest they've ever been. Government budget as a % of GDP is at its max. Never so much money has been spent on social services. Quite simply, this is a conspiracy theory, and rich people don't have that much influence on public policy. This is not the Gilded Age. Journalists have more influence in public policy than the Jeff Bezos of the world, and Jeff Bezos owns a newspaper.