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Robert ReichA handful of billionaires now have unprecedented control over banking, the food we eat, the health care we can access and, now, the information we receive.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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ge Sinnes@rbreich ...reminds me of the middle ages? ๐ค
miket330@rbreich with a bow
Deb4+ aka Deborah DT ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ@rbreich You're forgetting the houses we live in, increasingly. And unfettered ability to throw money into politics without disclosure.
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Galad@rbreich The last time there was this degree of inequality in a nation was right before the French Revolution.
๐ ๐ ๐๐ธ๐ธ๐น๐ฎ๐ปAnd โweโ let it happen because โweโ had no choice. ๐
GJ Groothedde ๐ช๐บ@rbreich ... and if you think this is bad, dear Americans, see what happens when you sit out the elections and allow a bunch of mushy-brained fanatics to elect Trump into the White House.
เฒเฒฟเฒฐเฒพเฒเณ ๐นโ๐พโ๐ฑ๐ต๐ธ (he/him)@rbreich Yes and no. The "default" options? Absolutely. But there *are* alternatives out there (and where there aren't, we should be working to *build* those alternatives).
We can't wait for a heavily captured government to pass badly-needed regulations because that may not happen quickly enough. We need to at least *try* to build the world we want to see.