You’re right: we should be socialists and have governments like the PRC, North Korea, the ex-USSR, Cuba, Hoxhua’s Albania, or the Stalinists in Spain during their civil war. Say what you will about the Khmer Rouge and Sendero Luminoso, but they weren’t centrists or moderates.

Acting like the US isn’t an oligarchy because Musk and Bezos don’t wear silly green suits with medals

The rich certainly have their influence, but are the assets of those 2 equal to 1% the US GDP?

Does the bottom 70% of individuals in the US control more assets than JPM? Might surprise you

Through their votes, they arguably have almost 70% of government assets, and most of their real assets aren’t paper.

It was a yes/no question and what the fuck is this, exactly?

I’d say yes they do.