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No, it's the empirical fact that the US is a plutocratic oligarchy. The oligarchy runs the economy, the government, and the media for its own benefit, and is vi
by TheOtherHobbes 4mo ago
No, it's the empirical fact that the US is a plutocratic oligarchy. The oligarchy runs the economy, the government, and the media for its own benefit, and is violently opposed to anything that challenges this.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-poli...
- breppp 4mo agoHow do you "empirically" prove something of that sort? I for one look at Trump or the previous Tea Party change in the Republican party as anything close to having a static group of elites controlling the country
- bluefirebrand 4mo agoOf course it's a static group of elites. They might not all agree with each other but they definitely all used to hang out on Epstein's island together It's all the same group, despite the politicking in the public sphere