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26. Our oligarchs are job creators trickling down

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Wed Oct 27, 2021, 02:00 PM

Oct 2021

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Interesting that we call ours billionaires instead of oligarchs.... [View all] bluewater Oct 2021 OP

Any Billionaire who avoids taxes should be in prison for life at140 Oct 2021 #1

It doesent take brains I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2021 #7

All absolute statements refuted by facts. I mean ALL. Come on. Hortensis Oct 2021 #16

But there are some American oligarchs, right? bluewater Oct 2021 #19

None, Bluewater. Oligarchs rule. Our uberwealthy don't -- not yet! Hortensis Oct 2021 #29

Nope, oligarchs can just have undue influence, they don't have to "rule" bluewater Oct 2021 #31

If wealth was acquired by legal means at140 Oct 2021 #53

Bill Gates was not born rich at140 Oct 2021 #51

Some just come in on the ground floor. rickyhall Oct 2021 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author tenderfoot Nov 2021 #62

Gates wasn't born into Rockefeller wealth but he was very far from being impoverished tenderfoot Nov 2021 #63

Bill Gates' family was rich kcr Nov 2021 #64

Avoid ≠ Evade Zeitghost Oct 2021 #50

I politely disagree at140 Oct 2021 #52

That's pretty much exactly what I said Zeitghost Nov 2021 #60

Where do you think charity money goes? at140 Nov 2021 #61

Why not ''robberbarons'', or at least ''neo-robberbarons''? empedocles Oct 2021 #2

It's easier to blame someone from outside the US than to focus on our own. jalan48 Oct 2021 #3

Even further CrackityJones75 Oct 2021 #4

and we refuse to call it a plutocracy JT45242 Oct 2021 #5

I don't...I call them social parasites pecosbob Oct 2021 #6

I think they are parasites too. I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2021 #8

Happens all the time. Caliman73 Oct 2021 #9

Avg joe doesn't know whan an oligarch is, but knows what a billionaire is. n/t thesquanderer Oct 2021 #10

I think the average Joe does know exactly what an oligarch is... bluewater Oct 2021 #11

The countries political scientists use that term for, though, Hortensis Oct 2021 #25

The definition is : "a very rich business leader with a great deal of political influence" bluewater Oct 2021 #27

But if ours are oligarchs, what do we call rulers of oligarchys? Hortensis Oct 2021 #32

You are conflating individuals (oligarchs) and a political system (an oligarchy) bluewater Oct 2021 #33

The acculturation and hoarding of cash is a mental illness rampant amongst the morbidly rich. Magoo48 Oct 2021 #12

We dont live in a sane culture I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2021 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author Magoo48 Oct 2021 #13

We pretend that our are champions rather than criminals Orrex Oct 2021 #14

Bloated leeches. dchill Oct 2021 #15

Except for the space exploration part, with you. Don't see Russian oligarchs advancing science. Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2021 #17

I call them scoundrels. Edim Oct 2021 #18

Don't believe the sarcasm icon was necessary KS Toronado Oct 2021 #20

Oligarchs are political operatives who were given significant wealth and power (mafia bosses). waterwatcher123 Oct 2021 #21

Well, if you admit you have oligarchs Farmer-Rick Oct 2021 #22

They used to be called "millionaires and billionaires". NurseJackie Oct 2021 #23

Then people realized a billionaire is 1,000 time richer than a millionaire. lol bluewater Oct 2021 #30

I wonder why they were demonized... NurseJackie Oct 2021 #35

Increasing wealth disparity is what's changed. bluewater Oct 2021 #36

I wonder why the demonization of millionaires didn't stop sooner. NurseJackie Oct 2021 #37

Probably people not keeping up with inflation, right? bluewater Oct 2021 #40

Or when the loudest critics themselves become millionaires... NurseJackie Oct 2021 #42

Millionairehood creeps up on people in their old age... I blame the housing bubble. lol bluewater Oct 2021 #44

Among other things... NurseJackie Oct 2021 #46

But President Biden was the poorest US Senator. bluewater Oct 2021 #48

He's an excellent leader that other Senators should model themselves after. NurseJackie Oct 2021 #55

Sometimes they ARE good guys/gals FakeNoose Oct 2021 #24

Actually...Oligarch's in Russia do support various charity, programs, etc. in Russia. Xolodno Oct 2021 #54

Our oligarchs are job creators trickling down IronLionZion Oct 2021 #26

Robber barons - another term that applies. calimary Oct 2021 #28

I have never understood the super rich. The Jungle 1 Oct 2021 #34

They Call Them Billionaires... ProfessorGAC Oct 2021 #39

Not all billionaires are oligarchs. bluewater Oct 2021 #43

Yup. Funny, that. Dave says Oct 2021 #41

I heard the term "American Oligarchs" for the first time on the radio this morning. Maru Kitteh Oct 2021 #45

How is the U.S. an oligarchy? betsuni Oct 2021 #47

The US is not an oligarchy, but it definitely has oligarchs. bluewater Oct 2021 #49

That's true bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #56

Well, our overlords must have their spaceships dalton99a Oct 2021 #58

They work towards the same goals. Kid Berwyn Oct 2021 #59