Crash Course: American oligarchy: The fight for democracy is just the first step

Saving democracy for the oligarchs who control it [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnfmjpP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvY3MwenIzdG50Mi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTIxZjkxdm54MDVXA3NwY0IKZZjq45tlv1u_b1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnfmjpP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdzhlbnRrcjFhbi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTIxZjkxdm54MDUmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZZjq45tlv1u_b1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRnfmjpP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvaHljOHAzd2M2dy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTIxZjkxdm54MDVXA3NwY0IKZZjq45tlv1u_b1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnfmjpP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZGNlNmJpa3BwYi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTIxZjkxdm54MDVXA3NwY0IKZZjq45tlv1u_b1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnfmjpP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcThmMDJpeTl4dy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTIxZjkxdm54MDVXA3NwY0IKZZjq45tlv1u_b1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnfmjpP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvajVjenJ1cGZnMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTIxZjkxdm54MDVXA3NwY0IKZZjq45tlv1u_b1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnfmjpP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMjUzaTZkbTNwdi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTIxZjkxdm54MDVXA3NwY0IKZZjq45tlv1u_b1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo American oligarchy: The fight for democracy is just the first step From Gregg Barak: Uber-capitalism, laissez-faire markets, unfettered and unregulated capitalists, and regressive tax systems are epitomized by oligarchs like Jeff Bezos and Amazon.com, Inc in the United States. Though there are plenty of other examples from the Kochs to Walmart to Starbucks to Elon Musk. 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