Opinion | A Road Map for Undoing the Damage of the Big, Awful Bill
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/o...
Jason Furman has no clue how oligarchy works. The richest win massive tax benefits but somehow they're powerless because Musk didn't get his wishlist. Over $50 trillion transferred upward to richest since 1975 but "oligarchy is the wrong lens." Stuff just happens.
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The #UnitedStates and #China are obviously very different. But I have studied #protest and state response in #authoritarian contexts for more than 25 years.
Here are some basic thoughts on current events, #repression, bargaining, and state strength π§΅:
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09.06.2025 01:47 β π 5 π 6 π¬ 2 π 3
Oligarchy - the politics of wealth power and wealth defense - is more apparent now than it has been in over a century.
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Even the Koch Brothers Werenβt This Brazen
Tech billionaires such as Jeff Bezos and Marc Andreessen arenβt even trying to mask their politics anymore.
We are in an era of in-your-face oligarchy in the US. Upwards of 80% of the US population believes representatives respond to the powerful few, not them. This view spans the political spectrum from Bernie's supporters to Trump's base.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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