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I don't believe the US could have a Jack Ma equivalent. We are more of a plutocracy than China is.

• yafbum 4y ago
  There are about as many billionaires in China as in the US.
  • coldtea 4y ago
    Plutocracy is about whether the billionaires or the politicians have the power. Not about the amount of billionaires.
    • yafbum 4y ago
      Well then the power structure in China is much much MUCH narrower at the top (1 person for life)
• fsckboy 4y ago
  we are not a plutocracy at all, that's ridiculous. There are many places in the world where rich people hardly pay taxes. That is not at all true in the US where "the 1%" pay 40% of the income tax https://www.dailysignal.com/wp-content/uploads/FBIP-SOCIAL-04.jpg https://www.dailysignal.com/wp-content/uploads/FBIP-SOCIAL-0... if the rich controlled the government, don't you think they'd lower their taxes? or are we lucky to be ruled by the rich because they are so benevolent?
  • plagiarist 4y ago
    "If people were ruled by a king, don't you think the king would have taken every last thing in taxes? Therefore there has never been a monarchy ever."
  • orangepurple 4y ago
    Rich people in America pay taxes, don't be ridiculous. Wealthy (D) supporters abroad don't file tax returns and don't get penalized for it unless they fall out of line with the party. Then suddenly they're audited every year. This also happened to Trump, even though he was filing in NY.