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13. Capitalism has good and bad oligarchs. The bad ones are in charge, but the good ones know that democracy is

Reply to MadameButterfly (Reply #11)

Tue Apr 22, 2025, 02:58 PM

Apr 22

the best structure for capitalism to work in. To privatize the whole country's economy is the goal of the bad oligarchs, who know or care nothing about how good government subsidizes all the best institutions of science, tech, medicine, climate and environmental sciences.

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The oligarchs own the fate of democracy. MadameButterfly Apr 22 #11

Capitalism has good and bad oligarchs. The bad ones are in charge, but the good ones know that democracy is ancianita Apr 22 #13

It just appears that bad ones own the media and without it MadameButterfly Apr 22 #15

I disagree. Magoo48 Apr 22 #18

i agree that we have to come out in massive numbers MadameButterfly Apr 22 #19

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