Elon Musk calls Sen. Elizabeth Warren "Senator Karen" for calling out his not paying taxes

[Caliman73]

65. Actually quite a bit.

Not as an individual per se, but definitely as a class of person. The people at the top of the wealth and income scale have a great deal more influence on policy, economic, and social trends than we would like to admit.

Let me ask you, and answer honestly. Who is more likely to be able to set up a meeting with President Biden, you? me? or Elon Musk?


Sure, we are not Russia, where there is an almost gangster like system where the richest people and Putin dictate policy, but we are not the land of one person one vote that we would like to believe.

Here are a few articles on the concentration of wealth. There was a study that indicated that the top 10% of wealth holders had an 80% or more chance of their preferred policies being enacted, while the rest of the 90% had 30% or less of a chance.

https://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2016-02-09/the-costs-of-inequality-the-rich-and-the-rest

https://whorulesamerica.ucsc.edu/power/wealth.html

https://time.com/5793956/supreme-court-loves-rich/