Define Oligarch

[Aviation Pro]

Cause it ain't Bloomberg.

Check your head space and timing on that nonsense.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. .

ol·i·garch
/ˈäləˌɡärk/
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noun
noun: oligarch; plural noun: oligarchs
1.
a ruler in an oligarchy.
2.
(especially in Russia) a very rich business leader with a great deal of political influence.

[Aviation Pro]

2. Note the paranthetical

(Especially in Russia) (Osobenno v Rossii).

Not Bloomberg.

[Gravitycollapse]

12. It says "especially" as an exemplar, not to be exclusionary.

Oligarchs exist everywhere.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

13. Especially not exclusively.

[DanTex]

3. What definition of oligarch is there that Bloomberg *doesn't* meet?

An oligarch is a super-rich person who is also politically powerful. In other words, someone like Bloomberg.

[Aviation Pro]

4. Stop it

He has influence with his wealth, but has no political power outside of that.

[Uncle Joe]

5. + everything

I don't know why that's so difficult for some people to understand?

[NCDem47]

6. I came on here just to discuss this.

Listening to Bannon say Bloomberg is an oligarch. No. He achieved it on his own and without the government stepping in to ensure wealth was concentrated among the few.

So, Trump can be a capitalist with his supposed billions (eye roll), but Bloomberg is an oligarch?

Is the Bernie camp spreading this along with Bannon? Who BTW, thinks Bernie supporters are being disrespected by Democrats.

[Uncle Joe]

7. Trump is an oligarch.

How one makes their money is irrelevant, when you reach a certain stage of wealth that dominates the nation on the economic and political spheres, you become an oligarch.

Our nation has drifted toward oligarchy for at least the past 40 years.

Today three people own more wealth than the bottom half of the nation, (approximately 160 million Americans, one out of every two) what do you call that?

[UniteFightBack]

8. Yes Sanders camp is spreading this around. Of course they are...just like Biden is corrupt.

Sickening.

[showblue22]

9. likely the people who are donating to Our revolution

but want to remain anonymous. I said LIKELY not for sure.

[Gravitycollapse]

10. He is quintessentially an oligarch.

Even by the simplest definition (as demonstrated above).

If you want to support an oligarch, have at it. But be honest about it.

[hedda_foil]

11. Oligarch is the wrong word. He is a plutocrat and we are moving toward a plutonomy

[William769]

14. It was a word used in 2016 to no avail by a certain candidate supporters.