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Originally Posted by GIODUDE
I said America was an Oligarchy. The leaders policies are mostly influenced by the rich and powerful. Denying this just means you have your head in the sand. Saying that "most countries do this" is just learned helplessness.
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Street Pharmacist is quite right. Nobody is denying anything, and nobody is suffering from ‘learned helplessness’.
Of course powerful people influence policy. What else do you think being powerful means? And of course the rich influence policy: wealth is a form of power.
In a real oligarchy, the leaders make sure that nobody but themselves can acquire any wealth
or power, thus making their own positions permanent. This describes Russia well enough, but does not describe the U.S. at all. Do you think Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos were born billionaires?