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minus-squareUranium3006@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down5·11 months agoAmerica isn’t a democracy. It’s a democracy of the rich and always has been, the rest us were begrudgingly allowed a vote over centuries but our influence is still very limited
minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·11 months agoAnd yet the Titans of Industry tended to support Clinton over Trump: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2016/10/25/donald-trump-a-billionaire-shunned-by-the-very-rich In this case I would have preferred the outcome of the billionaire-backed candidate winning.
America isn’t a democracy. It’s a democracy of the rich and always has been, the rest us were begrudgingly allowed a vote over centuries but our influence is still very limited
A plutocracy, you might say.
And yet the Titans of Industry tended to support Clinton over Trump: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2016/10/25/donald-trump-a-billionaire-shunned-by-the-very-rich
In this case I would have preferred the outcome of the billionaire-backed candidate winning.