• roguetrick@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    This is actually a different take than I’m used to though. The power they’re saying he has comes not from his connections to the STATE, but connections to the oligarchy. Is America finally turning the corner in how it perceives itself?

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      1 year ago

      It’s been corporate feudalism justified by a priesthood of politicians and lawyers for quite some time, just like Europe was once feudalism justified by the priesthood of the church.

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        1 year ago

        The Power Elite is a famous book on this subject. Focuses purely on American families and their aristocratic hold on government and industry.

        It was published in 1956 as a criticism of the status quo. Things have only gotten worse since.