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Ryan Wilson @hailseitan.bsky.social · 18 days
Wanna feel old… this study was done over a decade ago www.bbc.com/news/blogs-e...
Study: US is an oligarchy, not a democracywww.bbc.com What in the World: A new report finds that an elite few dominate US policy, the human error behind South Korea's ferry tragedy, and Algeria's uneasy status quo election.
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Susan Redge @strtrklvr.bsky.social · 17 days
True then, true now. Biden from DuPont family, Newsom from Getty family. Resnick family in CA controls WATER
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Jonathan Kennedy @getradified.bsky.social · 17 days
It’s not about family it’s about class power (sure, family wealth plays a role in that but it’s a misdiagnosis?
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Susan Redge @strtrklvr.bsky.social · 17 days
I think very old money families are like the aristocracy of elites. New money is more gauche.
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Jonathan Kennedy @getradified.bsky.social · 17 days
I mean class in the Marxist sense not in the aesthetic sense
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Susan Redge @strtrklvr.bsky.social · 17 days
Oh.