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A Lot of Americans Are Googling 'What Is Oligarchy?' After Biden's Farewell Spea
- taimurkazmi 2y agoA Lot of Americans Are Googling ‘What Is Oligarchy?’ After Biden’s Farewell Speech | The outgoing president warned of the growing dominance of a small, monied elite.
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- overu589 2y agoI wanted to recheck my own conception, and while what he says is an intuitive part of the American psyche I would like to advocate a dissenting account. Ambiguous unnamed faceless special interest groups, not singularly powerful individuals are in actuality the greatest threat among the American people. You are under duress and are being looted by a fraction of society you don’t even acknowledge exists among you. The modern western “oligarchs” are only manifestations of our collective psychology in individuals with greater means. Sure, their recklessness and specific interests may too be concerning.
- PaulHoule 2y agoI see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_action_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_action_problem as what kills us the way an asteroid killed the dinosaurs. The smaller a group is (billionaires) the easier it is for them to organize. Near universal interests such as "opposition to political corruption" are quite difficult to address.
- jickes 2y agoI don't understand when the United States wasn't run by extremely rich people