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Posts tagged as “oligarchy”

Weiland: Rich Rout Middle Class, Amass Ponzi Wealth

John Tsitrian says Rick Weiland's populist approach to South Dakota voters is misguided, because America's rich are not an oligarchic monolith. In perhaps the most articulately brilliant thing I've heard any candidate say this year, Rick Weiland says John Tsitrian…

Contest of Rich Ideologues Still Oligarchy, Not Democracy

My blog friend John Tsitrian picks up on the Oligarchy not a Democracy study and says, No big deal: CNBC's Robert Frank writes a nice critique and analysis of the study I reference and calls attention to the fact that…

PoliSci Research: America Oligarchy, Not a Democracy

The difference I hear Libertarians wheeze about, that the United States is a Republic Not a Democracy™, is practically irrelevant. My conservative friends and I should agree that the much greater problem is that we are not a democracy but…